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March 5 (prw) -- Polymers and petrochemicals group Ineos is considering a relocation of its headquarters and tax residence from the UK to Switzerland. It said potential cash tax savings would be ┬450m...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Overall estimated polyethylene consumption in Russia moved at about 1 302 kt in 2009, which was 13% less compared to 2008 - according to MRC Annual Report.The Russian LDPE market bore ...
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March 4 (yourpetrochemicalnews) -- INEOS ChlorVinyls has today announced a price increase of ┬50 per tonne and GBP45 per tonne for methylene chloride for March supply. This increase is in response to ...
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March 4 (plastemart) -- The shares of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) have spiked past the 1000 mark as reports pour in that the bankrupt petrochemicals firm LyondellBasell rejected an acquisition bid ...
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March 4 (plasteurope) -- In a move to step up its ⌠recycling revolution, Israel's ministry of the environment on 14 February 2010 distributed a memorandum on a draft packaging law to several ministrie...
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March 4 (plastemart) -- In a bid to meet rising demand, Thai major IRPC Pcl plans to invest US$1.4 bln in the next five years on expanding capacity. With annual capacity to produce 728,000 tons of ole...
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March 3 (prw) -- Dow Chemical has announced it is to sell its Styron division to US private equity group Bain Capital Partners for $1.63bn. The deal is scheduled to close by August. As part of the tra...
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March 3 (plasteurope) -- It seems that the Italian government has found a new buyer for Vinyls Italia, the former Ineos subsidiary, or - perhaps more accurately - someone to take the company off its h...
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March 3 (plasteurope) -- Citing an increase in raw material costs, BASF has announced a price increase for several PVC modifiers. Effective 1 March 2010, the group raises the price of its ⌠Vinuran imp...
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March 3 (plastemart) -- Bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell has rejected a bid for takeover by India's Reliance Industries Ltd. The New York Post reported that a creditor group led by US priv...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Polystyrene (PS) imports went up by 45% (to 1.57 kt) in Ukraine in January compared to the same period last year - according to MRC DataScope Report. Imports of Russian feedstock incre...
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March 2 (plastemart) -- Kuwait expects to receive approval to develop a US$9 bln refinery and a 1 mln tpa ethylene project in China by the end of the year. After initial approval in 2006, the project ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Weak seasonal demand did not allow Russian producers to raise HDPE prices for March. Prices for high-density polyethylene remained at the level of February: RUB50.500-51.000/mt - accor...
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March 2 (Canadian Plastics) -- Husky Injection Molding Systems reported a sales decline of 12% compared to sales in 2008. The Bolton, Ont.-based company generated sales of $1.1 billion in 2009, versus...
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March 2 (plasteurope) -- Bayer MaterialScience was battered severely by the crisis in 2009. Sales tumbled 23% to EUR 7.5 bn, with volumes and selling prices both down 12%. EBITDA before special items ...
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March 2 (theengineer) -- The Ineos Group is to sell its fluorochemicals business to Mexichem, a Latin American producer of PVC pipes and resin, chloralkali, hydrofluoric acid and fluorspar. The deal c...
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March 1 (prw) -- British Polythene Industries (BPI) has reported a 200% jump in pre-tax profits for 2009 - GBP11.8m, up from GBP3.9m in 2008. The results are partly due to cost reductions and a restru...
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March 1 (yourpetrochemicalnews) -- DuPont Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Nicholas C. Fanandakis said the company is emerging stronger from the global economic crisis after taking a ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Estimated polypropylene consumption went up by more than 6.5 times (to 9.97 kt) in Ukraine in January 2010, compared to the same month of the previous year - according to the MRC Month...
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March 1 (plasteurope) -- With unions calling off the planned strikes in Donges, Feyzin, Gonfreville, Granpuits and La Mede for now, production at six French refinery sites is slowly starting up again....
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