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PIE SPOT PRICE MONITOR
Downtrend in monomer contracts pressures spot prices
 		18.04.2023
ENERGY
Call for windfall tax on oil and gas profits to boost renewables spending / Cut in consumption, more investment needed to address energy crisis / UN report
 		17.08.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Index for energy commodities rises by 37%: HWWI economics institute / US government releases some of its strategic oil reserves / Relief on gas market due to milder temperatures?
 		11.04.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Historic collapse in demand due to coronavirus / Opec+ agrees to cut production / US stocks full / Refineries limit output / Polymer supply so far unaffected / Polyolefin niches face rising prices
 		17.04.2020
POLYMER PRICES
North America November 2016: Standard thermoplastics notations falling / Peak PE prices capped / PP follows propylene's freefall / PVC and PS also sliding / Engineering thermoplastics mostly stable
 		07.12.2016
POLYMER PRICES
PVC November 2014: Pressure from the oil chain forces producers to pass on cost relief / Demand from the construction sector still weak / Prices likely to remain under pressure in December
 		03.12.2014
POLYMER PRICES
PET November 2014: Declines fall short of cost reduction / Market more balanced than expected / Notations still under downward pressure
 		03.12.2014
EDITORIAL
Shale revolution 2.0: Oil makes a turnaround
 		02.12.2014
POLYMER PRICES
China Standard Thermoplastics November 2014: Feedstock import quotes continue in free fall / C2, C3, SM at lows not seen in years / Polymer producers worried about unabated price declines / Processors in holding pattern and keeping inventories low
 		02.12.2014
SHALE GAS
First nationwide ethane pipelines in the US due to go online soon / Supplies for petrochemicals on the Gulf Coast and in Canada / Boost for PE production / Opportunities and risks for European processors
 		10.12.2013
IRAN
Deputy oil minister says EU petrochemicals embargo has had no effect / Analysts see significant cave-in
 		10.08.2012
IRAN
Possible implications of an oil embargo / Plastics sector should brace for rising oil prices
 		17.01.2012
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