LYONDELLBASELL

Brindisi PP capacity to rise by 50,000 t/y / Process upgrade for more sophisticated products

LYONDELLBASELL

“Hostacom” PP specified to replace ABS in “Flymo” lawnmower

THAILAND

Government gives green light to majority of petrochemical plants in Map ta Phut / Many more months before crackers will be at full capacity

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in August 2010: Polyolefins continue to crumble / PVC and PS rise slightly / Slight surplus pressures EPS / Supply more stable / Imports normalise / Lively despite summer holidays

LYONDELLBASELL

Sales and profits jump as giant exits bankruptcy protection / Strong US ethylene margins contribute to improved earnings / Gains in Europe and Asia

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend August 2010: Polyolefin prices crumble / Falling feedstock costs pressure producers / PVC up slightly / PS mostly stable / Supply normalising / Demand strong despite holidays

CHEMTURA

Court approves Chapter 11 exit financing / Canadian subsidiary files for bankruptcy

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in July 2010: Most notations under pressure / Polyolefins give a little ground / PVC firmer / Falling costs drag styrenics down / Supplies lengthen / Downward trend likely to continue

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Brindisi

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics in June 2010: Polyolefins continue climbing / PVC catches up / Styrenic polymer producers improve margins / Supply still limited / Strong demand / First imports trickle in / Have notations peaked?

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend June 2010: Further increases for polyolefins / Prices and margins return to pre-crisis level / PVC also gains ground / Styrenics producers gain as SM notations fall

LYONDELLBASELL

New HDPE line in Münchsmünster about to start up / Integrated plant producing 320,000 t/y of multimodal PE

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in May 2010: Notations on a slow upward curve / Supply of many products remains limited / Demand boosted by seasonal effects / June will also be a sellers' market

LYONDELLBASELL

Modest Q1 profit on demand rise / Improved margins / Final quarter under Chapter 11

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Poland's Basell Orlen declares force majeure for PP

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2010: Upsurge continues / Without higher costs many producers improve margins substantially / Supply generally tight / Demand lively but looking shakier

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: LyondellBasell's Aubette plant is down

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in April 2010: Further increases / PP and polystyrenes with triple-digit rise / LDPE margins improve / Supply still tight / Demand much livelier / Notations expected to rise less sharply in May

LYONDELLBASELL

Chapter 11 exited on 30 April as planned

LYONDELLBASELL

Exit from Chapter 11 definitively sealed / US stock listing to be sought from third quarter

ALBIS PLASTIC

Distribution of LyondellBasell's PE 100 and PE 80 grades

SHOWA DENKO

Plant for carbon nanotubes begins operations / Highpolymer subsidiary integrated into core business / SunAllomer expands

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares FM on butadiene from Berre

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2010: Prices still spiralling higher / LDPE and PP tightness bites / PP and styrenics see triple-digit rise / Lively seasonal demand coincides with supply shortfall

LYONDELLBASELL

US government probes Kazakhstan payment / Polyolefins group blows the whistle on itself