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NOVA CHEMICALS Fully recyclable BOPE film with Surpass resin / Industry partnerships bring film to market	17.05.2023
NOVA CHEMICALS Launch of Nova Circular Solutions business line / Focus on post-consumer rPE	27.02.2023
POLYMER PRICES North America January 2023: Prices largely unchanged or lower / Engineering materials slump / Tornado has little impact on prices / Rebound unlikely in February	13.02.2023
POLYMER PRICES North America December 2022: Widespread reductions / Good availability coincides with disinclination to buy / The many short-term production outages due to winter storms have little effect on prices / Weak start to the year	11.01.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Canadian industry launches Save Plastic campaign / Aims to raise awareness, change perception of plastics	16.12.2022
NOVA CHEMICALS Launch of 100% PCR rPE for packaging	14.11.2022
NOVA CHEMICALS Tricon Energy to serve as European distributor	10.11.2022
PETROCHEMICALS Trade and market disruptions worsen / Increase in PE, PP capacities / Ongoing investment in chemical recycling and decarbonisation projects	22.09.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LLDPE: Nova Chemicals declares force majeure for Canadian plant / Move unlikely to affect Europe	27.07.2022
BOREALIS Adnoc to take Mubadala's 25% stake in Austrian polymer producer / Move linked to possible Borouge IPO	11.05.2022
NOVA CHEMICALS / ENERKEM Chemical recycling pilot plant to be built in Canada	25.04.2022
SIBUR 1.9% stake bought by UAE's Mubadala / Restructuring after merger with TAIF	07.01.2022
NOVA CHEMICALS EUR 1.75 bn investment in PCR / Projects with CNG and GreenMantra	24.11.2021
DOW Countdown to carbon neutrality underway / Net-zero emissions targeted by 2050 / Advanced recycling to pave way for circular plastics	19.10.2021
BOTTLE RECYCLING USA PET recycler Evergreen to double operations by mid-2022	24.08.2021
NOVA CHEMICALS Canadian chemical group continues portfolio streamlining / Sale of tank storage and logistics business in Texas	22.07.2021
POLYMER PRICES North America June 2021: Polyolefin and PVC prices rise again / Pressure eases for styrenics / Most engineering thermoplastics largely firmer / Tight supply situation expected to bring further increases in July	12.07.2021
BOREALIS Lower carbon footprint with 'Bornewables' PP – study / Expansion of anti-pollution project in Indonesia	09.06.2021
POLYMER PRICES North America May 2021: Notations race from one high to the next / Product shortages everywhere / Numerous forces majeures still in place / Benzene price gives reason for hope / Only PS situation likely to improve in June	09.06.2021
CANADA Industry coalition files motion against country's decision to list plastics as toxic / Group says government already considers materials safe	31.05.2021
RECYCLING Dow, LyondellBasell, Nova Chemicals join together to reclaim polyolefins / Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund starts with USD 25m	31.05.2021
POLYMER PRICES North America April 2021: Mammoth price increases dominate the picture / Converters despair over record costs / Benzene price explodes / High costs and low inventories point to new record demands for May	07.05.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Nova Chemicals declares force majeure for polyethylene in Canada / Corunna cracker failure	29.04.2021
BOREALIS Project ‘Stop' delivers waste management services to over 130,000 people in Indonesia	13.04.2021
NOVA CHEMICALS Canadian resin producer to sell expandable-styrenics business to Alpek / Focus turns to core olefin and polyethylene business	26.10.2020