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23 Jan – Formosa begins operations at new cracker, delays LDPE start-up in US

Source: ChemOrbis According to market sources, Formosa Plastics USA has recently started up its new 1.5 million tons/year cracker in...
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22 Jan – Sibur set out sustainability target in 2025 strategy

Source: plasticsnewseurope Russian petrochemicals company Sibur Holding is eyeing to recycle a minimum of half of its generated waste by...
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22 Jan – SHARQ plans shutdown at PE lines in Saudi Arabia

Source: MRCplast Saudi Arabia’s SHARQ, or Eastern Petrochemical Company, is planning to shut its high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear...
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14 Jan – Fire extinguished at Sasol’s petchem complex in US

source Chemorbis  According to news reports, a fire broke out on Monday at Sasol’s petrochemicals complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana,...
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13 Jan – Karpatneftekhim shut HDPE production

Source: MRCplast Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region), Ukraine"s largest petrochemical plant. shut down its high density polyethylene (HDPE) production in early...
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13 Jan – Borealis to take full ownership of Novealis

Source: plasticsnewseurope Austrian polyolefins manufacturer Borealis AG and JV partner Nova Chemicals Corp. have reached an agreement for Borealis to...
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01 Jan – European January contract prices for Ethylene (970 €/mt) and Propylene (845 €/mt) have been concluded at roll-over prices from December 2019.

Source: market news European January contract prices for Ethylene (970 €/mt) and Propylene (845 €/mt) have been concluded at roll-over prices from December...
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27 Dec – Petro Rabigh plans to shut PE production for maintenance

Source: Chemorbis According to sources familiar with the matter, Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical (Petro Rabigh) is planning to...
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27 Dec – Lotte Chemical Titan plans maintenance shutdown at Malaysia site

Source: Chemorbis Lotte Chemical Titan is planning to shut one of its crackers in Johor, Malaysia for maintenance works in...
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27 Dec – SHARQ plans shutdown at PE lines in Saudi Arabia

Source: Chemorbis Saudi Arabia’s SHARQ, or Eastern Petrochemical Company, is planning to shut its HDPE and LLDPE lines during the...
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24 Dec – The NCT team wishes you a joyous Holiday Season and a New Year full of health, happiness and prosperity!

19 Dec – China reveals list of tariff exemptions for certain US HDPE, LLDPE, PP grades

source Chemorbis According to a new list of import tariff exemptions released by China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State...
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19 Dec – ExxonMobil resumes PE production in France

source Chemorbis  According to market sources, ExxonMobil has resumed PE production at its site in Notre Dame de Gravenchon, France...
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18 Dec – Russia plans major PE complex on Baltic coast

source: plasticsNewsEurope.com    A giant Russian gas chemical complex, due to produce nearly 3m tonnes of polymer-grade ethylene annually, will...
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17 Dec – ExxonMobil shuts PE plant in France on commercial reasons

Source: ChemOrbis Sources familiar with the issue reported that ExxonMobil has halted PE production at its site in Notre Dame...
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