TOTAL CORBION PLA

Thai PLA pilot plant in operation

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PP: Total lifts force majeure in France / Production still affected in Belgium

POLYMER PRICES

North America February 2018: PE jumps up surprisingly / PP falls again / PVC and PS climb / Engineering plastics remain on upward trend / Trends to mostly continue into March

BOREALIS

Petchems joint venture on US Gulf advances / New cracker and PE plant at Port Arthur

PIE SPOT PRICE MONITOR

Uplift pressure drives up trading prices for PP

STYRENE

China considers anti-dumping duties on styrene monomer / US, South Korea and Taiwan affected

LYONDELLBASELL

Takeover of A. Schulman / Advanced Polymer Solutions' revenues will double turnover

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

IK and Elipso warn Total / Plastic packaging market confused by current force majeure on PP

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PP: Total provides details on current FMs / Onset of production in Gonfreville / Feluy line still not running

POLYMER PRICES

North America January 2018: PE moves sideways with lively export demand / Signs of a trend turnaround following PP price explosion in January / PVC expected to become firmer / PS moves up / Engineering plastics continue firm

POLYMER PRICES

Polypropylene January 2018: Cost increase transferred / Market trends tight / Significant boost for standards and compounds likely in February

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PP: Total declares force majeure on deliveries from France and Belgium

HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL

Extension of PE production in Daesan follows cracker expansion / High-quality grades

INEOS

More offshore gas licences purchased / Deep-sea fields off Shetland Islands

TOTAL

UK shale gas licences sold to Ineos / UK's High Court upholds anti-trespassing order

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

USA update: Hurricane "Harvey" weakens / Lake Charles spared / Restarts planned in southern Texas

TOTAL CORBION PLA

PLA bioplastics from Bonsucro-certified Thai sugarcane / Addition to "Luminy" resins portfolio

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: Total reports failure of line in Carling

BOREALIS

Further expansion at Borouge now definitive / Agreement with UAE company Adnoc / PP line for 2020

TOTAL

First phase of Antwerp revamp completed / Cracker adapted to use ethane

PLASTICS RECYCLING

PlasticsEurope recycling initiative for polystyrene / Use of new chemical technologies

TOTAL

Industrial-scale PS recycling trial successfully completed / French plastics and petrochemicals group targets material with 20% recycled content

SUKANO

Masterbatches based on Total Corbion PLA's “Luminy” resins

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Problematic plasticiser supplies following Evonik force majeure / Strike in Feyzin disrupting VCM in Tavaux

TOTAL

Reconstruction of Carling site completed / Production of PS, specialities and resins