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November 15, 2007
A major study by Borealis has identified rising concern about environmental issues among plastics converters. The survey, of about 300 converters that use polyolefin-derived plastics...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Environmental-Concerns-Among-European-Plastics-Converters-Rise_8898.html November 9, 2007
Basell says that its Hostalen technology has been selected by PetroChina for two high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plants that are scheduled to start operating in 2011. The HDPE plants...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/PetroChina-Selects-Basell-Process-for-Two-HDPE-Units_8809.html October 18, 2007
Chemical Week at booth#12E67-11...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Visit-us-at-K-_8355.html October 15, 2007
Dow Europe is instituting forward pricing for all of its low-density polyethylene (PE), linear low-density PE and high-density PE resin grades in Europe, effective November 1. Forward...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Dow-Europe-Institutes-Forward-PE-Pricing_8310.html October 12, 2007
Robust global demand is driving most commodity polymer producers—particularly polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—to expand....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Plastics-Global-Strength-Sustains-Demand_8300.html September 14, 2007
Daewoo Engineering (Seoul) says it has been awarded a $130-million turnkey contract to build a 250,000-m.t./year, high-density polyethylene (PE) plant for PTT (Bangkok). The plant is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Daewoo-Bags-PE-Plant-Contract-in-Thailand_7608.html September 14, 2007
ExxonMobil Chemical says it will proceed with building a “multibillion-dollar” steam cracker complex at Singapore. The company had been mulling the project since late-2004...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/ExxonMobil-Confirms-Second-Petchem-Complex-in-Singapore_7630.html September 7, 2007
Liveris: Talking crackers in Russia? Nikochem (Moscow) is in talks with Dow Chemical on a possible joint venture to build a $3-billion petrochemical complex at Volgograd, Russia, local...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Dow-in-Talks-on-Russian-Petchem-JV_7468.html September 5, 2007
ExxonMobil Chemical says it will proceed with the construction of a second steam cracker complex at Singapore. The company had been mulling the project since late-2004. The project...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/ExxonMobil-Confirms-Second-Cracker-in-Singapore_7499.html August 20, 2007
ExxonMobil Chemical has been able to tap significant profit where most integrated oil majors have quit or stumbled by containing costs and exploiting the benefits of refinery and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/ExxonMobil-Chemical_6708.html August 7, 2007
Qapco (Doha), a joint venture between Industries Qatar and Total Petrochemicals, says that capacity of its third low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant will be expandable to 300,000...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Qapco-May-Expand-Third-LDPE-Plant_6868.html August 7, 2007
The European Commission has approved €150 million ($204 million) of investment aid from the Portuguese government to Repsol Polimeros, a Repsol subsidiary, for a previously...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Brussels-Approves-State-Aid-for-Repsol-Expansion-in-Portugal_6862.html August 7, 2007
North American petrochemical markets were quiet this week with the Canada Day holiday celebrated Monday and U.S. Independence Day celebrated Wednesday. Feedstocks were quiet, most...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/COMMENTARY_6774.html August 7, 2007
Sibur (Moscow) is making progress on previously announced polyolefin projects in Russia. The company is “at the engineering stage” on a joint venture with gas firm Novatek...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/-Makes-Progress-on-Polyolefin-Projects_6796.html August 6, 2007
Ineos has picked Biesterfeld Petroplas (Reading, U.K.) to be the company’s distributor of low and linear low density polyethylene in mainland U.K., Biesterfeld says. Biesterfeld...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Biesterfeld-to-Distribute-Ineos-PE_6076.html August 6, 2007
Analysts have welcomed the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) recent decision to introduce regional futures contracts for polypropylene (PP) and linear low-density polyethylene...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Planned-Changes-to-LME-Contracts-Should-Increase-Market-Liquidity_6071.html August 6, 2007
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC; Seoul) has fined nine Korean companies a combined won105.1 billion ($112 million) for conspiring to fix prices of polypropylene (PP) and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Korea-Fines-Firms-for-Fixing-PP-and-HDPE-Prices_5741.html August 6, 2007
Eastman Chemical says it has agreed to sell its San Roque, Spain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant to La Seda de Barcelona (Barcelona) for about €50 million ($65.5 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Eastman-Sells-PET-Plant-in-Spain_5739.html August 6, 2007
U.S. polyethylene (PE) producers may get at least part of their nominated price increases this month, and there is a strong possibility that prices will rise further in subsequent...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/PE-Price-Increases-May-Stick_5710.html July 31, 2007
Braskem says it has successfully produced trial quantities of what it calls the world’s first “green” high-density polyethylene (PE), made from sugar cane-based...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-Claims-Worlds-First-Green-PE-Plans-Commercial-Scale-Plant_6691.html |
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