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August 25, 2008
… Starts Work on Tobolsk PP Project
Sibur has broken ground for a previously announced propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PP) complex at Tobolsk, Russia (CW, Jan.14, p. 17). The plant will...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13785.html
August 22, 2008
LyondellBasell Confirms Technology Selection for Polyolefin Plants in Kazakhstan
LyondellBasell has confirmed CW's exclusive report that LyondellBasell's technologies have been selected for three polyolefin plants that will form part of a world-scale, integrated...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13747.html
August 18, 2008
Formosa Lifts Resin Force Majeure
Formosa says it has lifted its force majeure on high molecular weight polyethylene and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13656.html
August 18, 2008
HDPE/LLPDE
Prices U.S.: LLDPE, 102-105 cts/lb, del; HDPE, 97-99 cts/lb, del, domestic; LLDPE, $1,690-$1,700/m.t. fob; HDPE, $1,580-$1,610/m.t. fob, export EUROPE: LLDPE...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13661.html
August 18, 2008
Jubail Chevron Phillips Begins Production
Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG; Riyadh) and ChevronPhillips Chemical (CPChem) say their Jubail Chevron Phillips Co. joint venture has started production at Al Jubail, Saudi...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13684.html
August 18, 2008
Ibn Rushd to Build Big PP Plant and Propane Dehydro Unit
Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu by 2012. The company has...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13639.html
August 18, 2008
Mitsubishi Chemical: Rebuilding Profitability  
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (Tokyo) is aiming for higher, more profitable ground. The company, Japan’s largest chemical maker, is targeting the higher-value performance products...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13645.html
August 18, 2008
LyondellBasell Sells Sarnia Site to Shell; Starts Up Mexican Unit
LyondellBasell subsidiary Basell Canada has sold its assets and land at Sarnia, ON to Shell’s Canadian affiliates, LyondellBasell says. The sale includes LyondellBasell’s...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13653.html
August 18, 2008
BASF Widens Scope of Proposed Styrenics Sale
BASF says it has widened the scope of a previously announced divestment of the company's global styrenics business and has reorganized the activities in preparation for the sale...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polystyrene/13687.html
August 18, 2008
July PVC Prices Up 4 cts/lb
July contract prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) settled 4 cts/lb higher, to 70 cts-72 cts/lb last week...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/13659.html
August 11, 2008
Borouge Awards $220-Million Logistic Hub Services Contract in China to Agility
Borouge (Abu Dhabi), a petrochemicals joint venture in which Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. holds 60% and Borealis 40%, says it has awarded a $220-million service contract to Agility (Abu...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13523.html
August 11, 2008
Unipetrol Cracker to Close for Repairs in October
Unipetrol (Prague), a subsidiary of PKN Orlen (Warsaw) says it is planning a 21-day shut down at its Litvinov, Czech Republic olefins complex at the beginning of October...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/13524.html
August 6, 2008
Ibn Rushd to Build Huge PP plant at Yanbu
Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13481.html
August 4, 2008
LyondellBasell Ups PP Prices Again
LyondellBasell says it will increase prices for all grades of polypropylene (PP) sold in North...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13389.html
August 4, 2008
Higher PP Prices May Usher in Better Times for Polystyrene
Sharply higher polypropylene (PP) raw material costs have driven up PP prices faster than prices for other resins, including polystyrene (PS), potentially opening the door for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13428.html
July 30, 2008
IndianOil to Build India's First SBR Plant
IndianOil aims to sign a heads of agreement with two international partners by end of August to build India’s first styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) plant, company sources tell CW...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/13319.html
July 29, 2008
PetroChina Picks Dow's Unipol PP Process for Chengdu
PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co. says it has selected the Unipol polypropylene (PP) technology from Dow Technology Licensing for a 450,000-m.t./year plant to be built at Chengdu...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13304.html
July 28, 2008
Dow Europe Boosts Resin Prices
Dow Europe says it will increase prices of several resins in Africa, Europe, India, and the Mideast. Polypropylene (PP) prices will increase...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13278.html
July 28, 2008
Basic Chemical Price Watch
LyondellBasell says it will increase prices of all its polypropylene compounds in Asia/Pacific by $300/m.t., effective August 1 • Eastman Chemical says it...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/13281.html
July 28, 2008
Dow Announces Further European PS Cuts
Dow Europe says it temporarily stopped production of all polystyrene (PS) grades at its 50,000-m.t./year Terneuzen, the Netherlands plant last week. Dow idled one of its two styrene...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polystyrene/13277.html
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