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28.03.2012 LUCITE  Upgrade at MMA plant in Beaumount continues apace / Re-commissioning this year / MAA line starts production

28.03.2012 KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS  Mitsubishi and Celanese joint venture raises POM output / New capacity to come on stream in early 2014

26.03.2012 PLASTICS PACKAGING RECYCLING  Further improvement in UK plastic bottle recycling rate / Higher level still needed / Inadequate infrastructure for non-bottle rigid packaging

23.03.2012 US SHALE GAS  Shell signs land option agreement to evaluate Pennsylvania site for possible ethane cracker / Aither Chemicals mulling complex in West Virginia

20.03.2012 POLYMER PRICES  China February/March 2012: Hardly any demand growth as work resumes post-Chinese New Year / Exports slow / Business expected to pick up again as agricultural season starts / Oil price could push notations up

16.03.2012 CHINA PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP  Plans to relocate ACN production to mainland China / Response to government resolution to encourage more environmentally friendly production

15.03.2012 SOUTH AMERICAN POLYURETHANES  Output to exceed 900,000 t in 2016 / Flexible foam is largest market for PU chemicals / Consolidation in foam production / Brazil is largest producer / IAL Consultants study

14.03.2012 CHINA  Dawn of the “Great Ethylene Era” / Five Year Plan calls for massive increase in domestic C2 capacities / Pinpointed regional investments / Foreign players race to form joint ventures

13.03.2012 SO.F.TER.  Raising global compounding capacity by 30,000 t/y / New distribution arrangement for Lombardy region

12.03.2012 ITALY  Trial of four Porto Torres managers on pollution Charges / Postponement on a technicality

09.03.2012 REACH  ECHA updates list of substances of very high concern / Very few company notifications received to date

07.03.2012 POLYMER PRICES  North America February 2012: Rising standard thermoplastics notations / Controversy over PE price hikes amid decreasing costs / C3 and PP take off / Costs drive PS, PVC and engineering thermoplastics

21.02.2012 RUSSIA  Market for standard thermoplastics grapples with old and new challenges / WTO entry will force lower import tariffs that could further pressure local producers / Price developments similar to western Europe

17.02.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  New USD 5.5 bn complex in Qatar to start in 2018 / Asia, Africa and Latin America targeted

16.02.2012 DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS  Global headquarters have moved to Singapore / Relocation to be completed this year / Asian market expected to dominate sales

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