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February 26 (plasteurope) -- Ineos ChlorVinyls has announced that it will close its 125,000 t/y PVC plant at Barry, Wales, by the end of Q2 and supply customers from its other UK production units at R...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Polypropylene prices will rise in the Russian market in March. By the end of February, polypropylene prices had moved at the level of RUB49.500-52.000/mt - according to MRC Price Repor...
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February 25 (alibaba.com) -- A major Taiwanese producer reported offering LLDPE c4 and HDPE film prices at the same levels compared to the pre-holiday period. Currently, they are offering LLDPE c4 fil...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In January 2010, PP-homo imports in Ukraine went up by more than 4.5 times (to 3.51 kt) compared to the same period last year - according to MRC DataScope report. Lack of Ukrainian PP...
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February 25 (plasteurope) -- PolyMirae, a joint venture between LyondellBasell and Daelim, has launched a new PP random copolymer for use in hot and cold water pipe applications. The product, ⌠Hostale...
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February 24 (polimerica.eu) -- The chemical group has taken the decision to adjust UK PVC output in line with market demand, which has declined steadily over recent years.Ineos ChlorVinyls intends to ...
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February 24 (plasticsnews.com) -- Chemtura Corp. has a deal to sell its PVC additives business, but the buyer is not the stalking horse bidder that first emerged in December.The buyer is Artek Aterian...
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February 24 (plasteurope) -- Sales of plastics machinery made in Germany fell by 30% in 2009 to a production value of EUR 5.6 bn, according to an estimate by the plastics and rubber committee KuG in t...
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February 24 (plastemart) -- An already tight supply and demand balance in Europe ahs been aggravated by the refinery strikes at Frances' Total that have impacted around 36% of France's total propylene...
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February 24 (plastemart) -- France's Total Petrochemicals hopes to acquire a polystyrene facility in Feluy, Belgium, after current owner Polimeri announced plans to close the plant, as per European Pl...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In January 2010, polyethylene (PE) imports in Ukraine went up by 8% (to 18.99 kt) compared to the same period last year - reported in MRC DataScope review.High-density polyethylene (HD...
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February 23 (yourindustrynews) -- Arkema announces a ┬ 150/ton increase for its Orevac functional polyolefins effective March 1st 2010 . This measure has been made necessary by the deterioration of ma...
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February 23 (Bloomberg) -- Total SA, the French refiner grappling with a nationwide strike, will meet with unions today in an effort to end a dispute that threatens fuel shortages. Michael Crochet-Vou...
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February 23 (plastemart) -- In 2010, PetroChina, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp plans to increase output of the Dushanzi refinery in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that commenced oper...
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February 23 (plasteurope) -- Sabic Innovative Plastics has sent out letters to its European customers informing them that it will raise the prices of several engineering thermoplastics. Specifically, ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- PVC-S imports went up by 30% in Russia in January 2010, compared to the same period last year - MRC DataScope reports. Russian window profile producers began to import American resin a...
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February 22 (plasteurope) -- Citing the need to recover its margins, Dow Europe has announced a EUR 80/t price increase for polyethylene resins in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. The hike a...
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February 22 (plastemart) -- A subsidiary of South Korean Lotte Group - KP Chemical, has completed acquisition of UK based PTA and PET plant. Lotte Chemical UK Ltd., the unit of KP Chemical, inked an a...
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February 22 (plastemart) -- Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC) plans to build a third olefins plant at an outlay of US$5 bln. The facility is being planned with an estimated production capacity of ove...
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February 22 (plastemart) -- Reliance Industries has raised its bid for LyondellBasell to around US$15 bln from an earlier offer of US$13.5 bln, on February 19, the deadline for RIL to submit its revis...
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