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28.09.2012 FEEDSTOCK MARKETS  Poland's PKN starts horizontal shale gas drilling

27.09.2012 WESTLAKE  Lake Charles cracker expansion scheduled for Q1 2013 / Exploiting shale gas reserves

27.09.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Borealis' LDPE line in Stenungsund back on stream / FM on cracker products lifted

26.09.2012 DUPONT  Definite agreement for Chinese fluoroelastomer joint venture / Commissioning expected in H2 2013

24.09.2012 UK RECYCLING  Plastic recycling targets need coordinated approach, say Recoup / New strategies, initiatives required

24.09.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  South German ethylene pipeline in trial / All disputes settled / 240,000 t/y of C2 in first phase

18.09.2012 INDIA  New Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastics / Directive includes manufacture and distribution

17.09.2012 CHINA PET MARKET  Close to 12m t turned out in 2011 / Price of chip exports abroad down year-on-year / First PET resin line installed in 1990 / New capacity expansion wave underway

10.09.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Turkey hikes duties for PE, PP from developing countries / Europeans now more competitive

07.09.2012 POLYMER PRICES  North America August 2012: Costs continue to drive polyethylene up / Polypropylene drops amid continued stock clearance sales / PVC bobs along / PS prices race higher / Few impulses for engineering thermoplastics

05.09.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  US industry weathers Isaac / Little damage / One refinery in Alliance remains offstream

31.08.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  New massive propane dehydrogenation line in China / Country's propylene capacities set to triple until 2015

30.08.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Follow-up: Isaac downgraded to tropical storm / US government declares some part of Louisiana disaster zones / Oil refining operations about to be restarted / Flooding and electricity problems

29.08.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Follow-up: Hurricane "Isaac" approaches Louisiana / Numerous US refinery complexes shut down or operating at reduced rates

28.08.2012 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  US hurricane season kicks off / “Isaac” threatens plants across Louisiana in particular / Numerous oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated / Reminiscent of “Katrina” and “Rita”

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