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Pertamina and PTT agree on PE, PP deliveries in pre-marketing deal
Pertamina (Jakarta) will source polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) from PTT Global Chemical (Bangkok) for sale in Indonesia, to seed the market before the partners construct a $5-billion petrochemical complex in Indonesia. PTT, as part of the deal, will...

PTT to establish new subsidiary for PMMA project
PTT (Bangkok) says that its board of directors today approved the establishment of PTT PMMA in order to build a previously announced polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plant at Map Ta Phut. PTT PMMA will be wholly owned by PTT and will build a 40,000-m.t./year...

Shin-Etsu buys GE out of silicones monomer jv in Thailand
Shin-Etsu Chemical has acquired the 50% stake it did not already own in Asia Silicones Monomer (ASM; Rayong, Thailand) from General Electric Co.(GE) for 15 billion Japanese yen ($147.4 million), the company announced Thursday. ASM operates a 70,000 m.t./year...

Report: EU lets antidumping duties lapse on PET from 5 Asian countries, renews antisubsidy duty on PET from India
The European Union decided during a plenary session at Strasbourg, France, to let lapse a set of antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), imposed in 2000 on product imported from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand, according to a...

Vietnam gives preliminary approval for PTT's refinery and aromatics project
PTT (Bangkok) has received preliminary approval from the local government of Binh Dinh Province, of Vietnam, to proceed to the next stage of its previously announced proposal to build an oil refinery and aromatics complex in the Nhon Hoi Economic Zone...

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