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Oct 23, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi |Aleksandra Zhagrina |Ian Young
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
Acrylonitrile market players highlighted mixed sentiment in the sector, speaking during the 58th European Petrochemical Association conference, with many forced to reckon a yearly improvement in market conditions against structural weakness in underlying demand and an uncertain downstream outlook for 2025. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
US chemical producer LyondellBasell's announcement of the locations of its European assets that are under strategic review is likely to rekindle discussions and focus on regional competitiveness within the European petrochemical industry, as market sentiment has been dominated in 2024 by concerns surrounding the long-term viability of European assets. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
The US government has announced plans to tackle local and global plastic pollution and waste, including a call for the banning of single use plastics within federal operations. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
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May 28, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
This week in oil, attacks in the Red Sea persist, causing the first fatalities of the conflict and further disrupting the market. The crisis has been supporting oil prices since February. Amid expectations of a spring rebound in demand from China and the US, Saudi Aramco reports its 2023 results today. OPEC and the International Energy Agency publish their monthly oil market reports on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
chemweek.com | Daniel Pelosi
2:21 PMFebruary 05, 2024Mark ThomasGrupa Azoty SA (Tarnów, Poland) has announced the start of propylene and polypropylene (PP) production at its new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Police, Poland, as part of the unit’s initial integrity testing. The announcement made on Jan.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
spglobal.com | Daniel Pelosi
European propylene markets have had a volatile start to the new year with firm restocking demand following December's seasonal downturn running up against tight supply due to outages and distribution disruptions in both inland and coastal markets. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
chemweek.com | Daniel Pelosi |Charlie Wright
LyondellBasell NV announced Dec. 4 it had acquired a minority share in Source One GmbH (Braunschweig, Germany), a plastic waste sourcing and engineering company. LyondellBasell has not disclosed the transaction amount. Source One specializes in developing technical products for hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
chemweek.com | Daniel Pelosi
A fire occurred at Repsol SA’s steam cracker at Tarragona, Spain, on Nov. 23, according to a source close to the company. “There has been a fire in the Tarragona unit with no injuries and [it is] still under investigation,” the source said. “[There is] no force majeure so far.” The production status of the site currently remains unclear. Repsol’s press office could not be reached for comment.
