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A year of war takes toll on Russian plastics, chemical industries / State payments support refineries

Slack local demand, weak exports cut resin output / Asian imports hit market / Investment slump heralds future problems

Petchem industry braces for tough times / Lack of European tech pressures ops / Shortages for some resins

EU sanctions on Moscow's crude oil exports, price cap come into force / Domestic PP demand at record lows / Southeast Asian imports flood the market

Drop in Chinese imports worries Russian firms / Russia-Turkey trade perks up / Crises in related industries hinders domestic production

Ukraine war slams refining industry / Uncertainty for major resin plants / Information blackout since February

EU sanctions on feedstocks, resins slash Russian production / Industry source says half of methanol capacity offline / Logistics issues, discounts slow exports to Asia

Low demand slows polyolefin output / Lack of Western tech hurts resin makers / Price caps coming?

EU imports of Russian polyolefins surge in H1 / Increased purchasing on embargo fears / Exports outside Europe plummet

Polymer industry hit by weak demand / Downward price trend in July / Exports in disarray / Packaging, car sectors suffer

Billions in petrochemicals investments seek to make country an export nation by 2025 / Nord Stream 2 as acid test / Domestic demand grows faster than polymer production

Messe Düsseldorf plans "interplastica" satellite fairs in Russia / Debut in September 2015 in Kazan

Russian PVC plant officially inaugurated / Output to substitute imports

First PVC test batch produced / Facility in start-up mode / Output to go towards domestic market

Engineering thermoplastics consumption recovers slightly in 2013 / Gains driven by ABS and PMMA / Import volumes of PC, PA and SAN down / Asian producers increasingly step into the fold / Low local capacity utilisation rates / Plastinfo report

Coal chemical company plans new polyolefin production in Rostov-on-Don / Start-up set for 2016

Market for standard thermoplastics grapples with old and new challenges / WTO entry will force lower import tariffs that could further pressure local producers / Price developments similar to western Europe

EUR 750m in financing secured for new integrated PVC hub / State-of-the-art European technologies and equipment

"Interplastica" fair reflects optimism in Russian market / More than 20,000 visitors flock to Moscow

Polyolefins capacity set to surge / Increased focus on export-oriented projects

“Interplastica Moscow 2011” / Plastics sector poised for future growth

PE demand to rise by 8.6% per year to 2015 / Polyolefin needs driven by packaging sector

Russian plastic pipe manufacturer expands compounding activities / Engineering thermoplastics capacity soon could reach 80,000 t/y

New PE swing plant in Angarsk / “Innovene” S PE technology license from Ineos

Cracker expansion in Bashkortostan completed