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“Cariflex” polyisoprene assets may be sold / Focus on high-end polymers

Green light for US shale gas-fed cracker complex in Pennsylvania / Downstream units for 1.6m t/y of PE / Location close to North American plastics customers

Latest updates on new cracker projects / Thailand's PTT plans to launch ethylene production in Ohio / Braskem apparently getting cold feet in West Virginia

Shell moves closer to building US shale gas-fed complex / Land purchase in Pennsylvania but no final commitment / USD 4bn cracker would produce 1.5 m t/y

New high-performance compound based on polyketone / Multi-use material rivals PA and POM / Former Shell patent

Ground-breaking for new mega-petrochemical terminal in Huizhou port

Life is a roller coaster ride, the European plastics industry finds again in 2012 / Forces majeures and consolidation / North-South profitability gap grows as the shadow of Middle East and China shrinks

Shell lifts force majeure in Moerdijk

Force majeure for styrene from Shell's Moerdijk plant remains in place

Palmersheim new secretary general of ISOPA and ALIPA

Production expansion at petrochemical complex in Singapore / Capacity of olefins and aromatics to rise by more than 20%

Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk

Shell declares force majeure for ethylene from Fife

Shell declares force majeure for butadiene from Moerdijk

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2012: Significant margin improvement for PE and PVC in Q1 / Stable costs keep PS and EPS in check / Scant supply improvement / High prices dampen demand / Fresh hikes in store

Shell lifts force majeure for Moerdijk cracker

EPS plant in Marl to continue operations / Plans to consolidate capacities in the future?

Dawn of the “Great Ethylene Era” / Five Year Plan calls for massive increase in domestic C2 capacities / Pinpointed regional investments / Foreign players race to form joint ventures

Shell declares force majeure for several cracker and downstream products from Moerdijk

Plans for diphenyl carbonate demonstration unit in Singapore / Phosgene-free polycarbonate production

Alternative feedstocks rejuvenate global plastics sector/ Oilfield licences to be awarded in Brazil / Shale gas fever rages on three continents / Middle East resources still firmly driving / Saudi Arabia, Iran are major players / GlobalData reports

Polyurethane feedstocks in September 2011: Oversupply hits TDI / Producers retain part of cost advantage for MDI and polyols / Supply lengthens as demand recedes / Margin improvement through price hikes?

North American shale gas deposits shift the feedstock balance / Second cheapest route to ethylene / Asian naphtha base too costly? / Large gas deposits in France and Poland / Public sentiment sours on fracking

Chinese joint venture completes maintenance and debottlenecking / Ethylene output now 950,000 t

Singapore-based naphtha cracker begins operations as planned