POLYMER PRICES

China standard thermoplastics August 2023: Prices rise / Supply declines / Market shows positive sentiment

POLYMER PRICES

China standard thermoplastics July 2023: Most grades dearer amid lower supply / Rise in crude prices drives production costs / August forecast flat to higher as costs rise, demand firms

PETROCHEMICALS

Trade and market disruptions worsen / Increase in PE, PP capacities / Ongoing investment in chemical recycling and decarbonisation projects

ORIENTAL ENERGY

Chinese ACN-ABS plant to be built with state-owned firm / Three PP projects underway

POLYMER PRICES

China standard thermoplastics April 2021: Prices mostly lower amid tendency to oversupply / Only PVC remains scarce / Further declines expected in May

CB&I

Three new projects in China / PP, PDH and PC feedstock plants

HONEYWELL

UOP "Oleflex" technology license for China's Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical / 600,000 t/y C3 plant to start up in 2016

ORIENTAL ENERGY

Selects Ineos licence for PP process for Ningbo site / Part of expansion programme to become major player

ORIENTAL ENERGY

Dow's "Unipol" license for PP plant in Shanghai / Propylene sourced from propane dehydrogenation unit

PROPYLENE

Accelerated Chinese demand spurs new investments / UOP technology selected for two more China propylene projects / Start-ups expected in 2014