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BRAZIL
Plastics raw material imports fall 21% in 2012 / Strong declines in imports of PET and PVC / Abiplast report
 		05.02.2013
CHINA
Ground-breaking for new mega-petrochemical terminal in Huizhou port
 		30.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavera is down / Reports of forces majeures for downstream products / So far FM only confirmed for C4 chain
 		04.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Petro Rabigh launches 20-day maintenance following power outage
 		04.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire leads PPG Industries to declare force majeure for VCM from Louisiana
 		03.01.2013
ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
Balance of worldwide capacity has shifted to Asia / Polyamide is a rare exception / European market holds up relatively well / Massive expansion in China likely to continue
 		02.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Anti-fracking movement has mounted effective campaign, study says / Technology also is credited with progress
 		02.01.2013
POLYMER DISTRIBUTION EUROPE
Distributors increase marketshare to 11% in 2011 / Sector continues to grow in importance / Top 10 groups account for half of pan-European distribution
 		02.01.2013
STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS
Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec
 		21.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Iran commissions first stretch of ethylene pipeline / Massive Kavian cracker complex starts up in Assaluyeh
 		20.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK ends fracking moratorium / Controls on seismic activity / Environmentalists sceptical
 		18.12.2012
SOUTH KOREA
Petrochemicals capacity to rise by about 6m t/y to 2016 / Expansions expected in olefins and aromatics segments
 		14.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell lifts force majeure in Moerdijk
 		11.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK government creates new office to drive shale gas exploitation / End of exploration ban in sight?
 		11.12.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
GM joins claimants in massive US price fixing case
 		10.12.2012
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