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02 Dec – Indian Oil to commission second PP plant in Panipat in January 2020

Source: MRCPlast Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has started up one of its new PP plants since July 2019, meanwhile...
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02 Dec – Lotte Titan resumes production at No. 1 LLDPE unit in Cilegon

Source: MRCPlast PT Lotte Titan Nusantara Indonesia has restarted its No. 1 Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) unit at Cilegon,...
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02 Dec – Dec ethylene , propylene contracts settle in Europe

Source: Market source The propylene settlement indicated a 5 €/mt increase from November 840€/mt  to December 845€/mt FD NWE. The ethylene settlement also...
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28 Nov – Formosa readying to start up LDPE unit, cracker in US

source Chemorbis Formosa Plastics USA expects its new cracker and second PE plant in Texas, the US to become operational...
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25 Nov – INEOS and Viridor collaborate on plastic recycling project in UK

Source: ChemOrbis INEOS announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement to collaborate with Viridor, a UK-based...
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25 Nov – Shell produces high-end chemicals from plastic waste at US plant

source Chemorbis Shell announced in a press release that it has successfully produces high-end chemicals using a liquid feedstock made...
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25 Nov – INEOS launches new advanced polymer pilot plant in Italy

source Chemorbis INEOS, a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products, announced in a press release that it...
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15 Nov – PP unit taken off-stream by Sinopec Zhenhai Refining

Source: MRCplast Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical (ZRCC, part of Sinopec) has restarted its Polypropylene (PP) unit following an unplanned outage,...
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10 Nov – Thai Polyethylene to take off-stream HDPE unit in Thailand

Source: MRCplast Thai Polyethylene Co, a subsidiary of Siam Cement Group, is in plans to shut its high density polyethylene...
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10 Nov – Sinopec Guangzhou to restart Guangzhou cracker after maintenance

Source: MRCplast Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical, part of China's petrochemical giant – Sinopec, plans to restart operations at its cracker in early December, 2019, as per Apic-online....
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07 Nov – China and US agree to roll back existing tariffs in phases

Source: ChemOrbis After weeks of high-level discussions, the US and China have agreed to simultaneously lift existing trade tariffs on...
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07 Nov- Westlake plans to start up new VCM, PVC expansions in US and Germany

Source: ChemOrbis   Westlake Chemical expects to start up the previously announced VCM and PVC expansions in Louisiana and Germany by...
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04 Nov – LyondellBasell begins start-up process of new PE plant in US

Source: ChemOrbis LyondellBasell has begun the commissioning works of its new HDPE plant in La Porte, Texas, the company said...
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04 Nov – Explosion at Dow Chemical plant in Louisiana, US

Source: ChemOrbis A Dow Chemical plant near Plaquemine, Louisiana, in the US experienced an explosion on Sunday but there were...
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04 Nov -Saudi Aramco finally launches long-awaited IPO

Source: ChemOrbis Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company, finally confirmed its intention to go public, in...
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