PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene/C3: Production chain in Europe and the US undersupplied / PP spot prices in Europe rising

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics trend August 2020: Producers seldom manage to improve margins / Demand still below expectations / Imports and low-priced spot volumes virtually disappear from the market

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: Total declares force majeure

DOW / SHELL

Collaboration on electrifying steam crackers

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LLDPE: Qapco declares force majeure on supply from Qatar / Less material from the US

PCEP

Polyolefins recycling organisation elects board members / Mark Vester new chair

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

Agreement to install chemical recycling site at Dutch research hub

BOREALIS

Buyout of Nova's 50% stake / Wider North American footprint

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Historic collapse in demand due to coronavirus / Opec+ agrees to cut production / US stocks full / Refineries limit output / Polymer supply so far unaffected / Polyolefin niches face rising prices

ARKEMA

French group seeks alternatives for MMA/PMMA business / Only speciality materials in future / Intermediates division to be dissolved

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

UK chemical recycling company receives EUR 10m investment from Neste and Mirova

POLYMER PRICES

North America January 2020: Poor demand pushes down prices of most polymers / PVC producers manage to turn trend around

STYRENICS RECYCLING

Technology pact with Canada's Pyrowave / Elix joins the initiative

BOREALIS

Nova's stake in Novealis JV to be acquired

INEOS STYROLUTION

Plans for 600,000 t/y ABS plant in China / Start-up eyed for 2023

TOTAL

Large fire at Gonfreville refinery in Northern France / Company says petrochemicals are not affected

CHEMICAL RECYCLING

Total, Mars and Nestlé test Recycling Technologies' pyrolysis process / Citeo project in France

TOTAL

Doubling output of rPP for automotive / PS recycling in France

TER PLASTICS

New distribution partners in Europe / Styrenic copolymers and PC blends for Iberia and France

STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS

Panel discussion at "K 2019" brings several points of view together / Challenge of finding input feedstock for chemical recycling

POLYMER PRICES

North America September 2019: Only polyolefins show small increases / PVC, PS and engineering plastics move predominantly sideways / Automotive slump and trade war have an impact / Storm and drone attacks hold up prices in the short term

HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL

Additional C2 capacity in South Korea now in operation / More downstream polyolefins to follow

USA

New initiative launched by oil companies and environmentalists calls for carbon fee

TOTAL CORBION PLA

Opening of 75,000 t/y bioplastics plant in Thailand / Fully integrated production chain from sugar to PLA

PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS

New trilateral consortium aims to make crackers more sustainable / Project of EU-based petchem giants backed by national and regional governments