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02.03.2015 POLYPROPYLENE  Versatile material continues to see global growth / Consumption doubled since 2000 / Propane gains importance for propylene production as a result of ethylene decoupling / Availability likely to remain good

02.03.2015 SOLVAY  Launching PEEK production in the US / Plant to start up in mid-2016

27.02.2015 ROQUETTE  Thermoplastic starch production hardly worthwhile / Low oil price pressures biopolymer producers

26.02.2015 FLAME RETARDANTS CHINA  Domestic market worth USD 1.1 bn / 700,000 t produced in 2014 / Phosphorous materials replacing halogen-based ones / New report by GCiS China Strategic Research

26.02.2015 SOLVAY  Capacity expansion for high-performance red pigments

25.02.2015 SHALE GAS  Chevron to quit Romania, too / Oil multinational will close European exploration chapter

23.02.2015 SADARA  Jubail polyeythelene mega-project on schedule / Large-scale cracker and PE lines to be commissioned this year

20.02.2015 SIBUR  Foundation stone for ZapSibNeftekhim cracker and downstream units / Project costs and start-up could change amid ongoing economic volatility

19.02.2015 GUEST EDITORIAL  Sergey Komyshan, Head of Sibur's Basic Polymers Division: The rouble depreciation – Long-term polymer price contracts offer shelter

18.02.2015 SHALE GAS  Wales says it will place a moratorium on fracking / Regional parliament seeks devolved powers / German debate ramps up again / Ineos sees to clarify Grangemouth remarks

17.02.2015 ARAB GULF STATES  2014 capacity utilisation levels return to long-term average / EU import duties put pressure on polymer exports / Polyolefin overcapacity? / Plastics processing sector still in its infancy / Plans for four large conversion sites

16.02.2015 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Borealis declares force majeure for olefins from Stenungsund / Polymers not yet affected

13.02.2015 INEOS  Ineos says Scottish plans for fracking moratorium threaten Grangemouth's existence / Imports deemed not sufficient to cover feedstock needs of mammoth complex

13.02.2015 HUNTSMAN  Significant cut in titanium dioxide capacity in France / Talks with employees underway

13.02.2015 CHOMARAT  Raising multiaxial glass fibre reinforcements capacity in Tunisia / Investment follows massive order from wind turbine sector

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