COVESTRO

No talks with Apollo Global about possible takeover

LYONDELLBASELL

50% stake in SunAllomer PP joint venture sold to Japanese partners Showa Denko and JX Nippon

LYONDELLBASELL

Agreement to acquire Indian PP compounds producer SJS Plastiblends / Capturing share in subcontinent's growing automotive market

LYONDELLBASELL

Operating profit reaches record high of USD 2.19 bn in Q2 / Favourable environment thanks to shale gas / Strong results across all segments / Outlook remains positive for third quarter

LYONDELLBASELL

Bhavesh “Bob” Patel appointed new group CEO

LYONDELLBASELL

CEO Gallogly to retire in early 2015

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares force majeure for HDPE from Plock

LYONDELLBASELL

New ethylene expansion planned for Channelview cracker in Texas

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell: Force majeure on PP from the UK

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell: Calls for force majeure of MDPE "Lupolen 3721 C" / Wesseling cracker shut down

LYONDELLBASELL

US crackers to be converted to shale gas feedstock / Equivalent of a large cracker added / Expansion of ethylene capacity by 20%

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares force majeure for C3 from Münchsmünster cracker in Germany

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares force majeure for several HDPE grades from Poland / Problems encountered during post-maintenance restart

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Follow-up: Force majeure for “Lupolen” LDPE grades from Wesseling / Latest victim of January explosion

LYONDELLBASELL

Price hike for PE and PP

LYONDELLBASELL

Raising butadiene output in Wesseling

LYONDELLBASELL

Change in logistics structure / Distributors to serve clients directly from European production sites / “Alastian” online sales service to shut up shop in November

PEOPLE

Karyn Ovelmen to become new CFO of LyondellBasell

LYONDELLBASELL

Berre refinery to be restarted / No end yet to force majeure / Arkema's PVC production also affected

POLYMER PRICES

Standard thermoplastics in September 2011: Prices soften on a broad front / Polyolefins tend downwards / PVC in weak rollover / PS and EPS producers pass on feedstock relief / Output cuts to avoid surpluses

LYONDELLBASELL

French sites still have reserves for polyolefin production

LYONDELLBASELL

Public listing on New York Stock Exchange

PUCHENG CHEMICAL

New 400,000 t/y PP plant in China to start in 2013

LYONDELLBASELL

New PE line in Münchsmünster running at full capacity / Uncertain future for old line in Frankfurt

LYONDELLBASELL

Exiting from Iran, Syria and Sudan / Polyolefin licences affected / Consequences remain unclear