Sibur

Russia January 2016: Notations mostly roll over amid little activity / Volatile exchange rate drives up PVC and PET / Respective trends expected to continue into February / PS catching its breath before renewed uptrend?

Chinese state-owned group completes acquisition of minority stake in Russian petchems producer / Collaboration at proposed Amur hub?

Full control of Polief gained / Further investments to be made

Eye on the world: A journey from Brazil to China, from Russia to Italy / Challenges experienced by most countries

Sibur subsidiary now part of Basic Polymers division / CEOs reshuffled

Share in ChemChina acquired / Chinese group in turn enters into Nakhodka mega-project

State-owned Chinese conglomerate acquires undisclosed stake in Russian petchems producer / Taking existing collaboration to a new level

Russia August 2015: Rise in rouble-based notations / Prohibitive costs lead several converters to shut down their operations / Producers seek refuge in export channel / Volatile exchange rate drives prices down in euro-terms / No relief in sight

Agreement to supply Sibur with additives extended

Russia June 2015: Rises across the board / PET the sole exception / Uptrend unlikely to end in July as maintenance season gets underway

Russia May 2015: LDPE makes a retreat / Feedstock rises continue to push PS up / Little changes for HDPE, PP and PET / Imported PVC sees strongest gains / Aside from PS, PVC and PET, notations could roll over in June

Film range extended with introduction of six grades

Foreign currency effects hit 2014 net earnings but boost gains in operating profit and sales / Increase in polymer production following capacity ramp-up at Tobolsk

Partnering with Norway's Norner to develop new polyolefin grades / Focus on high value-added products

Double-digit earnings growth for Q4 and FY 2014 / Strong performance for specialty polymers led by electronics and automotive sectors / Functional polymers sales down but profits up on optimisation measures

Foundation stone for ZapSibNeftekhim cracker and downstream units / Project costs and start-up could change amid ongoing economic volatility

Sergey Komyshan, Head of Sibur's Basic Polymers Division: The rouble depreciation – Long-term polymer price contracts offer shelter

Russia January 2015: Slow month sees slight rises in most polymer notations / Many plants idled during national holidays / Currency exchange rate continues to wreak havoc / February likely to see further increases

Tobolsk Polymer subsidiary starts up propylene plant / UOP technology / Backward integration

Russia November 2014: Currency effect drives euro notations down / Rouble prices a mixed bag / HDPE injection moulding grades tight and expensive / PP and PET firmer / PVC flagging

New metallised BOPP film allows extended printing period

Russia October 2014: Rouble continues to decline / Maintenance cycle mostly over / LDPE now pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could see rises for PS and PET / Other polymers likely to decline in November

Russian BOPP producer starts exporting to Spain and Bosnia-Herzegovina / EU exports now account for 17% of total sales

Long-term agreement with distributor UTS to supply Sibur with additives

Distributing KPIC's UHMW-PE and HMW-PE in Europe