Ethylene: ExxonMobil has unplanned shutdown of Fife cracker in Scotland

Regulation governing heavy fuel oil in shipping sector pushes up cost of carbon blacks and masterbatches / Cabot and Orion make price adjustments

Asia Pacific PU products output to rise 4% per year to 2023 / Strong growth in China adhesives and flexible foams / IAL Consultants report

Polypropylene: Braskem lifts force majeure in Schkopau

Polyethylene: New integrated complex in Canada planned

Polymer production growth supported by domestic and foreign investments / Strong demand from packaging and automotive sectors / Reliable logistics infrastructure

Butachimie's scheduled turnaround at ADN plant in France to start in late September / Installation of latest ADN technology

Scotland renews Ineos' fracking licence / Decision raises NGOs' ire

Sphere and Kaneka report analyses developments on bioplastics / Challenges include confusion on terminology along with production costs

Polyamide market sees growing automotive demand / Domestic processors buy around EUR 350m worth of PA polymers and compounds / AWJ report

Polyamide 6: Grupa Azoty declares force majeure on polymer production in Tarnów

Four crackers due to start up by 2021 / US tariffs impact ethane projects

Engineering plastics consumption and imports to decline on economic woes

Consortium of processors defends against anti-dumping lawsuit brought by European manufacturers

Polyethylene: Total reports a brief outage of line in Carling