TOTAL

New EUR 2-3 bn coal-to-olefins project planned in China / Feasibility study / Start-up after 2015

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in October 2010: French strikes halt slide in notations / LDPE firm / PP down / PVC rolls over / PS moves up / Supply tight / Cost rise brings storm clouds

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total declares force majeure for PE and PS from France

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

Plans to expand PS plant in Foshan

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Total's PP lines in France idled by strike / Force majeure extended indefinitely

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

New “Lumicene” grade meets FIFA's highest football pitch standards / Improved durability

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

World's largest ethane cracker is inaugurated / Butene LLDPE resins now available in Europe

FUTERRO

Europe's first PLA pilot plant inaugurated

POLIMERI EUROPA

Total to take over Feluy polystyrene production / EPS line to be idled by September 2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend January 2010: Steep price rise at the beginning of the new year / Polyolefins recoup feedstocks plus margins / Styrenics shock-frozen by cost explosion / Producers will defend hikes

TOTAL

Carling cracker to resume production in February

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

World-scale ethylene and PE complex to be built at Ras Laffan / New cracker to start next month