SAUDI ARAMCO

Major Chinese project with Sinopec starts construction / Link to neighbouring project

SAUDI ARAMCO

Energy-security deals inked with Chinese firms / Acquisitions weighed

PLASTICS AND FINANCE

Brand Finance rates corporate brand performance / BASF wins again / Resin makers dominate top 25 / Consultants increasingly reward sustainability

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

SUP waste rises 6 mn t in two years / ExxonMobil, Sinopec, Dow lead production, Minderoo Foundation says / Group wants “polymer premium” levy for resins made of fossil materials

PLASTICS AND FINANCE

Consultant Brand Finance rates “most valuable” and “strongest” chemical brands / BASF, DuPont, Rongsheng, and Ineos in prominent positions

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Aromatics: China's Hengyi Petrochemical officially starts up Brunei's first refinery

CHINA

Hengyi and Rongsheng to jointly build 6m t/y PTA project in Eastern China

ZHEJIANG PETROCHEMICAL

New PC line under construction / Germany's EPC is the contractor / Biggest private refinery project in China