31 Mar  2010:  Overseas producers announce April PP offers to China  - CHEMORBIS

31 Mar  2010:  Regional producers lower PS offers to China  - CHEMORBIS

31 Mar  2010:  South Korean source comments on restart schedule of LG cracker  - POLYMERUPDATE

31 Mar  2010:  Lithuania refinery of PKN due for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

31 Mar  2010:  Caustic soda plant likely to be taken offstream by Syndial  - POLYMERUPDATE

31 Mar  2010:  Peru's Maple Etanol to begin ethanol production in Q2 2011  - PLATTS

31 Mar  2010:  Petchems in NWE start buying North Sea propane: trade  - PLATTS

31 Mar  2010:  Chinese buyers cut spot PE purchases on electricity rationing  - PLATTS

31 Mar  2010:  Rising propylene encourages European PP sellers in Italy  - CHEMORBIS

30 Mar  2010:  IPA plant of LCY operates at full rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

30 Mar  2010:  Chang Chun plans BPA plant shutdown in October  - POLYMERUPDATE

30 Mar  2010:  Maintenance successfully completed at Bilbao refinery  - POLYMERUPDATE

30 Mar  2010:  US polyethylene export prices too high for Latin America: traders  - PLATTS

30 Mar  2010:  Prompt tightness in NWE benzene brings $15/mt price rise to April  - PLATTS

30 Mar  2010:  Ineos Nova targets Eur90/mt GP polystyrene CP increase in April  - PLATTS

30 Mar  2010:  American propylene continues to rise, outpacing other global markets  - CHEMORBIS

29 Mar  2010:  Japanese producer to shut EO plant for maintenance in second quarter  - POLYMERUPDATE

29 Mar  2010:  MEG prices edge higher in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

29 Mar  2010:  SM prices in Europe leap higher  - POLYMERUPDATE

29 Mar  2010:  Methanex rolls US April methanol nomination at 110 cents/gallon  - PLATTS

29 Mar  2010:  S Korea's Polymirae, YNCC agree on 3,000 mt propylene cut for Apr  - PLATTS

29 Mar  2010:  Lower feedstock contracts pull down benchmark PET prices in China  - CHEMORBIS

26 Mar  2010:  Domestic PVC offers for April announced in Vietnam  - CHEMORBIS

26 Mar  2010:  Mitsui Chemicals restarts Chiba cracker  - POLYMERUPDATE

26 Mar  2010:  Buying mood sluggish in Asia's PP markets  - POLYMERUPDATE

26 Mar  2010:  SK Energy operating cracker at lower rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

26 Mar  2010:  US toluene undervalued relative to rising benzene, blend value  - PLATTS

26 Mar  2010:  NWE H1 April benzene prices hard to pinpoint as trades go private  - PLATTS

26 Mar  2010:  Asia propylene slips from PP cuts; monomer exports to US eyed  - PLATTS

26 Mar  2010:  Producers conclude April PE deals with steep discounts in Asia  - CHEMORBIS

25 Mar  2010:  Environmental concerns disrupt Formosa's PVC production in Taiwan  - CHEMORBIS

25 Mar  2010:  Benzene prices spurt in Europe. SM prices also up.  - POLYMERUPDATE

25 Mar  2010:  Eleme Petrochemical resumes operations at polyolefins plants  - POLYMERUPDATE

25 Mar  2010:  South Korean source comments on restart schedule of LG Chemicals BPA plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

25 Mar  2010:  US March benzene at 15 cent gap, NWE arbitrage potentially opens  - PLATTS

25 Mar  2010:  March NWE PET contracts settling up Eur25-33/mt FD NWE: sources  - PLATTS

25 Mar  2010:  Global LPG supply to grow by 35 mil mt over 2009-2013: expert  - PLATTS

25 Mar  2010:  Italian PVC buyers forecast a rollover for April  - CHEMORBIS

25 Mar  2010:  Domestic PE prices revised downward in Indonesia  - CHEMORBIS

25 Mar  2010:  Thai producers looking to finish PVC sales prior to mid-April  - CHEMORBIS

24 Mar  2010:  Japanese source comments on shutdown at MMA lines of Mitsubishi Rayon  - POLYMERUPDATE

24 Mar  2010:  LG Chem to restart 2-EH plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

24 Mar  2010:  PX prices in Asia journey south  - POLYMERUPDATE

24 Mar  2010:  Firmer April outlook reported for LDPE in Italy  - CHEMORBIS

23 Mar  2010:  High end softening, low end stabilizing in China's PE market  - CHEMORBIS

23 Mar  2010:  SE Asian producers announce initial PP, PE offers for April  - CHEMORBIS

23 Mar  2010:  Phenol acetone plant to be taken offstream by Yanshan Petrochemicals  - POLYMERUPDATE

23 Mar  2010:  Benzene prices decline in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

23 Mar  2010:  GAIL announces price protection in PE  - POLYMERUPDATE

23 Mar  2010:  Sentiment in China's local market improving as April approaches  - CHEMORBIS

23 Mar  2010:  Mexican polyethylene offers increase; holiday slows demand  - PLATTS

23 Mar  2010:  Global 2010 ethanol production to grow 16% over 2009: trade group  - PLATTS

23 Mar  2010:  Thai PTTPM cuts 2010 PE sales target by 30% on gas plant suspension  - PLATTS

23 Mar  2010:   - PLATTS

22 Mar  2010:  Asian PVC offers for April announced to China  - CHEMORBIS

22 Mar  2010:  PP demand remains weak in Southeast Asia  - CHEMORBIS

22 Mar  2010:  Honam to shut PC plant in mid-April for turnaround  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Mar  2010:  South Korean source comments on the restart schedule of LG Chemicals BTX plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Mar  2010:  LLDPE prices assessed flat in Europe  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Mar  2010:  US methanol prices fall on sluggish demand  - PLATTS

22 Mar  2010:  Thai PTTPM cuts 2010 PE sales target by 30% on gas plant suspension  - PLATTS

22 Mar  2010:  Asian, European spot styrene prices gain momentum on crude  - CHEMORBIS

20 Mar  2010:  PT Sulfindo Adiusaha runs PVC plant at full rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

20 Mar  2010:  Formosa Plastics to shutdown VCM plants for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

19 Mar  2010:  HDPE/LLDPE swing plant of Chandra Asri operates at maximum rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

19 Mar  2010:  Phenol acetone plant shutdown by LG Chemical  - POLYMERUPDATE

19 Mar  2010:  HDPE prices tumble in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

19 Mar  2010:  US mixed xylenes carries a 3-5 cents/gal premium above toluene  - PLATTS

19 Mar  2010:  Chemicals company Borealis has tough 2009, sees worse in 2010  - PLATTS

19 Mar  2010:  Asia PP's negative margins worsen as prices fall below propylene  - PLATTS

19 Mar  2010:  Excess stocks in China weighing down sentiment in global PE markets  - CHEMORBIS

18 Mar  2010:  Indian producers reduce domestic PP, PE offers  - CHEMORBIS

18 Mar  2010:  Taiyo Vinyl to shutdown Osaka PVC plant for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Mar  2010:  Mitsui Chemicals eyes shutdown of IPA plant in April  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Mar  2010:  Equipolymers restarts PET plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Mar  2010:  US propylene inventories grow to 2.185 million barrels  - PLATTS

18 Mar  2010:  Tight prompt-benzene market in NWE fuels further price rises  - PLATTS

18 Mar  2010:  NWE methanol Q2 CP discussed around Eur250-260/mt: traders  - PLATTS

18 Mar  2010:  PVC demand lackluster across the globe  - CHEMORBIS

17 Mar  2010:  Weaker China demand prompts Asian PVC sellers to seek new outlets  - CHEMORBIS

17 Mar  2010:  Local PE prices move lower in SEA  - CHEMORBIS

17 Mar  2010:  HMC Polymers restarts PP plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

17 Mar  2010:  Ming Dih operates Thai EPS plant normally  - POLYMERUPDATE

17 Mar  2010:  PX prices in Asia decline  - POLYMERUPDATE

17 Mar  2010:  Two US acetone suppliers drop prices, two others increase them  - PLATTS

17 Mar  2010:  China's CNPC starts building joint-venture refinery in Chad  - PLATTS

17 Mar  2010:  Rising costs lead to firm April outlook in Italy's PP market  - CHEMORBIS

16 Mar  2010:  Sentiment begins to shift in SEA's local PVC markets  - CHEMORBIS

16 Mar  2010:  Local, import PS prices move lower in China  - CHEMORBIS

16 Mar  2010:  Maruzen mulls shutdown at MEK plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Mar  2010:  Negishi refinery units to be taken offstream by Nippon Oil  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Mar  2010:  PX prices down adjust in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Mar  2010:  US benzene shifts 4 cents lower on falling energy, imports  - PLATTS

16 Mar  2010:  Indonesia slashes import subsidies on plastics sector by 80% on year  - PLATTS

16 Mar  2010:  US BDP, Bahrain's Kanoo form chemical logistics JV in Middle East  - PLATTS

16 Mar  2010:  Asian PP producers struggling to cope with high propylene costs  - CHEMORBIS

16 Mar  2010:  Chinese buyers holding out for lower import PE prices  - CHEMORBIS

15 Mar  2010:  Sumitomo Chemicals to undertake shutdown at PP plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

15 Mar  2010:  PVC complex of Chinese producer likely to come on-stream in 2012  - POLYMERUPDATE

15 Mar  2010:  MEG prices down adjust in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

15 Mar  2010:  US March PX contract settles down 1.5 cents/lb at 50.5 cents/lb  - PLATTS

15 Mar  2010:  Spot NWE benzene prices rise on bullish styrene  - PLATTS

15 Mar  2010:  Saudi Arabia's Bakri to take stake in proposed Malaysian refinery  - PLATTS

15 Mar  2010:  Feedstock costs put upward pressure on US PVC in Egypt and Turkey  - CHEMORBIS

12 Mar  2010:  High stocks prompt traders to reduce PS offers to Asia  - CHEMORBIS

12 Mar  2010:  Mitsubishi Chemical to shut MA plant in H2 June 2010  - POLYMERUPDATE

12 Mar  2010:  Japanese source comments on shutdown schedule of Chiba Butadiene plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

12 Mar  2010:  DOP prices slide in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

12 Mar  2010:  US propylene inventories fall to 2.147 million barrels: EIA  - PLATTS

12 Mar  2010:  MTBE marginal barrel available in NWE despite recent exports  - PLATTS

12 Mar  2010:  Brazil ethanol prices fall as 2010-2011 sugarcane harvest begins  - PLATTS

12 Mar  2010:  Asian PE buyers head to the sidelines as China's domestic market weakens  - CHEMORBIS

11 Mar  2010:  Ningbo PTA plant of Mitsubishi shutdown for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

11 Mar  2010:  SLIC to take MDI plant offstream  - POLYMERUPDATE

11 Mar  2010:  Mitsui Chemicals shuts down one phenol-acetone plant for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

11 Mar  2010:  Ineos Grangemouth swing PE plant producing on-spec product:source  - PLATTS

11 Mar  2010:  Setting LPG Contract Price 'not a privilege': Saudi Aramco  - PLATTS

11 Mar  2010:  Brazilian PP, PE export prices set to rise on tight supply  - PLATTS

11 Mar  2010:  Poor demand in Europe shifts PP, PVC to Turkey; LDPE limited  - CHEMORBIS

11 Mar  2010:  Domestic PP, PE markets lose further ground in China  - CHEMORBIS

10 Mar  2010:  Import PVC in high demand in Malaysia  - CHEMORBIS

10 Mar  2010:  Ethylene production records surge in Japan  - POLYMERUPDATE

10 Mar  2010:  Formosa Plastics likely to shutdown EDC and VCM plants  - POLYMERUPDATE

10 Mar  2010:  Zagros Petrochemicals reduces run rates at No.2 methanol plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

10 Mar  2010:  Brazilian PP, PE export prices set to rise on tight supply  - PLATTS

10 Mar  2010:  NWE methanol prices stable on supply/demand balance say traders  - PLATTS

10 Mar  2010:  Better US auto demand helps lift Asia-US container volumes in Dec  - PLATTS

10 Mar  2010:  European PS sellers open March on a firm note  - CHEMORBIS

9 Mar  2010:  Nanjing Bluestar slashes run rates at BDO plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

9 Mar  2010:  Tianjin LG Dagu to shut PVC plant in July  - POLYMERUPDATE

9 Mar  2010:  Saudi source comments on petrochemical project between Maaden and Daelim  - POLYMERUPDATE

9 Mar  2010:  Gap between US RGP and PGP spot prices grows, nears 17.50 cents  - PLATTS

9 Mar  2010:  ADNOC unable to fulfill naphtha term commitments for Q2: sources  - PLATTS

9 Mar  2010:  Asia TDP, HDA plants' production margins slip further into the red  - PLATTS

9 Mar  2010:  Spot VCM prices shoot up in the US, buy ideas slide in Asia  - CHEMORBIS

8 Mar  2010:  Asian producers conclude March PVC business in China  - CHEMORBIS

8 Mar  2010:  Local PE prices move lower in China  - CHEMORBIS

8 Mar  2010:  Lukoil to restart Russian VAM plant in Week 4  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Mar  2010:  SK Zhenbang runs PET plant at full rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Mar  2010:  MEG prices in Asia journey south  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Mar  2010:  US spot benzene stable despite rising energy prices  - PLATTS

8 Mar  2010:  LyondellBasell says bankruptcy court date moved to March 11  - PLATTS

8 Mar  2010:  China's Dalian terminal to get Australian LNG in 25-year deal  - PLATTS

8 Mar  2010:  Mid-Eastern March PE offers revealed in Turkey and Egypt  - CHEMORBIS

5 Mar  2010:  New adipic acid plant to be built by Shandong Hongye  - POLYMERUPDATE

5 Mar  2010:  LCY likely to undertake maintenance at ethyl acetate plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

5 Mar  2010:  DOP prices inch higher in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

5 Mar  2010:  US phthalic anhydride contracts rollover with flat OX CP  - PLATTS

5 Mar  2010:  Petrogal may temporarily shut Oporto PX, OX unit in March  - PLATTS

5 Mar  2010:  Export demand boosting MTBE trading volumes in NWE: trade  - PLATTS

5 Mar  2010:  Post-holiday demand falling short of sellers' anticipations in China  - CHEMORBIS

5 Mar  2010:  Locally-held PP available at discount in Indonesia  - CHEMORBIS

5 Mar  2010:  Re-export PE offers from China reported in Malaysia  - CHEMORBIS

4 Mar  2010:  Toray Plastics runs ABS plant at lower rates  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Mar  2010:  ACN plant to be restarted by Taekwang  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Mar  2010:  TDI plant restarted by Mitsui  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Mar  2010:  Skyrocketing US ethylene creates premium over Asia, Europe  - CHEMORBIS

4 Mar  2010:  US propylene inventories fall to 2.513 million barrels: EIA  - PLATTS

4 Mar  2010:  Increasing length in NWE benzene brings further price falls  - PLATTS

4 Mar  2010:  India to award first tender to import composite LPG tanks in March  - PLATTS

4 Mar  2010:  Producers reveal March PE import offers to China  - CHEMORBIS

3 Mar  2010:  Keiyo Ethylene mulls cracker shutdown  - POLYMERUPDATE

3 Mar  2010:  S-Oil likely to halt operations at CDU of Onsan refinery tomorrow  - POLYMERUPDATE

3 Mar  2010:  SM prices drift lower in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

3 Mar  2010:  Total flares propylene on polypropylene restart at Texas plant  - PLATTS

3 Mar  2010:  SK Eurochemicals kept out of EU panel on KP Chemical's PET dumping  - PLATTS

3 Mar  2010:  Thai LLDPE exports to China to rise in 2010 on FTA tax concession  - PLATTS

3 Mar  2010:  Mediterranean PP markets begin March with price hikes  - CHEMORBIS

2 Mar  2010:  Initial local PVC offers for March announced in SEA  - CHEMORBIS

2 Mar  2010:  High end imports meet with little interest in China's PP market  - CHEMORBIS

2 Mar  2010:  Propylene quotes firm in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

2 Mar  2010:  Europe source comments on overhaul schedule of Czech refinery  - POLYMERUPDATE

2 Mar  2010:  Mitsubishi Chemical to shut MIBK plant in May  - POLYMERUPDATE

2 Mar  2010:  Chile's Petroquim shuts PP plant after massive earthquake  - PLATTS

2 Mar  2010:  China set to approve Guangdong JV with Kuwait by end-2010: KPC  - PLATTS

2 Mar  2010:  Wintry demand brings seasonal fall in January Japan LPG stocks  - PLATTS

2 Mar  2010:  Spot propylene gains ground while ethylene slips in Asia  - CHEMORBIS

1 Mar  2010:  March PVC hikes meeting with acceptance in China  - CHEMORBIS

1 Mar  2010:  Initial domestic PP, PE offers for March announced in Malaysia  - CHEMORBIS

1 Mar  2010:  US spot ethylene prices highest globally on March deal at 60 cts  - PLATTS

1 Mar  2010:  Better demand conditions are expected for PS in March  - CHEMORBIS

1 Mar  2010:  Sabic Europe puts order stop on its March LDPE supplies  - PLATTS

1 Mar  2010:  S Korea looks to export butadiene to US on weak China demand  - PLATTS