30 Aug  2016:  Formosa Chemicals likely to shut No.3 SM plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

30 Aug  2016:  Benzene prices in Asia inch lower  - POLYMERUPDATE

30 Aug  2016:  Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical buys naphtha for H1 2017 at sharp discount  - PLATTS

30 Aug  2016:  Asia ethylene-naphtha spread rises $22.05/mt on day to hit 3-month high  - PLATTS

29 Aug  2016:  Benzene prices drift lower in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

29 Aug  2016:  HDPE plant to be shut by KPIC for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

29 Aug  2016:  Prime Polymer, Mitsui & Co. JV Starts Up Metallocene Polymer Unit in Singapore  - Petrochemical News

29 Aug  2016:  LyondellBasell to Sell its 50% Stake In PP JV with SDK and JX Nippon  - Petrochemical News

26 Aug  2016:  PP unit taken off-stream by IRPC  - POLYMERUPDATE

26 Aug  2016:  Ethylene prices gain in Asia on Thursday  - POLYMERUPDATE

26 Aug  2016:  Persian Gulf naphtha flowing to Northwest Europe with arbitrage east closed  - PLATTS

25 Aug  2016:  Toluene prices in Asia gain  - POLYMERUPDATE

25 Aug  2016:  OCU likely to be taken off-stream by IRPC  - POLYMERUPDATE

25 Aug  2016:  India's Reliance set to start new 2.2 mil mt/year paraxylene plant in Oct  - PLATTS

24 Aug  2016:  NWE spot ethylene price bucks Aug holiday trend on naphtha, outages  - PLATTS

23 Aug  2016:  LDPE unit likely to be shut by LG Chem  - POLYMERUPDATE

23 Aug  2016:  SM prices in Asia edge lower  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Aug  2016:  Benzene prices continue to march higher in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Aug  2016:  CPC is likely to restart RFCC unit  - POLYMERUPDATE

22 Aug  2016:  Shell starts production from Singapore steam cracker; lifts force majeure  - PLATTS

19 Aug  2016:  OPaL eyes to startup new cracker early next month  - POLYMERUPDATE

19 Aug  2016:  Toluene prices rise 5$ in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Aug  2016:  SKGC plans to shut PP plants for maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Aug  2016:  SM prices in Asia climb  - POLYMERUPDATE

18 Aug  2016:  Taiwan's Formosa HDPE unit to shut temporarily end Aug on ethylene shortage  - PLATTS

18 Aug  2016:  Colombia's Esenttia sees Q2 PP sales tick up 2%: Ecopetrol  - PLATTS

17 Aug  2016:  Swing PE plant of IOCL resumes operations  - POLYMERUPDATE

17 Aug  2016:  Toluene prices in Asia rise  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Aug  2016:  Asian toluene price rise on Monday  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Aug  2016:  Taiyo Vinyl to shut Chiba PVC plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

16 Aug  2016:  OCI Beaumont's weather issue does not impact methanol: company  - PLATTS

16 Aug  2016:  Turkey's Petkim says H1 production rises 64% on year to 1.638 mil mt  - PLATTS

15 Aug  2016:  Mitsubishi Chem Subsidiaries Make Offer For Shares in Nippon Synthetic Chemical  - Petrochemical News

15 Aug  2016:  BP Offering for Sale Its 50% Interest In Shanghai Secco JV with Sinopec  - Petrochemical News

12 Aug  2016:  Benzene prices in Asia rise  - POLYMERUPDATE

12 Aug  2016:  LLDPE plant taken off-stream by Sinopec Tianjin Lianhe  - POLYMERUPDATE

12 Aug  2016:  S Korean spot CFR discount to MOPJ naphtha steepens on feedstock glut  - PLATTS

11 Aug  2016:  Japan's Tepco steps up LPG procurement to meet summer power demand  - PLATTS

10 Aug  2016:  Phenol and acetone prices fall in parts of Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

10 Aug  2016:  Bu Ali Sina to resume production at aromatics plant  - POLYMERUPDATE

10 Aug  2016:  Demand for European butadiene picks up but unclear for how long  - PLATTS

9 Aug  2016:  Toluene prices in Asia inch higher  - POLYMERUPDATE

9 Aug  2016:  Shaanxi Yancheng shuts PP & PE plants  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Aug  2016:  Asian toluene prices rise 5-10$  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Aug  2016:  SM plant plans to shut by Shanghai Secco  - POLYMERUPDATE

8 Aug  2016:  Sinopec raises East China ex-works orthoxylene prices by Yuan 100/mt  - PLATTS

8 Aug  2016:  MTOs, production concerns provide optimism for methanol pricing: OCI  - PLATTS

8 Aug  2016:  IRPC Concludes Acquisition of Thai ABS; Concurrently Dissolves Merged Business  - Petrochemical News

8 Aug  2016:  Sumitomo Chem & Zeon Agree to Study Potential Merger of S-SBR Businesses  - Petrochemical News

5 Aug  2016:  Benzene prices in Europe race higher  - POLYMERUPDATE

5 Aug  2016:  Mizushima cracker to restart by Asahi Kasei  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Aug  2016:  SM prices in Asia decline  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Aug  2016:  Caustic soda plant likely to be shut by FPC  - POLYMERUPDATE

4 Aug  2016:  Traded volume of Platts-based paraxylene derivatives on SGX triple on year to record high in July  - PLATTS

3 Aug  2016:  15$ fall in benzene prices in Asia  - POLYMERUPDATE

3 Aug  2016:  VCM plant of Formosa Plastics to undergo maintenance  - POLYMERUPDATE

3 Aug  2016:  More coup plot arrests at Turkey's petrochemical producer Petkim  - PLATTS

2 Aug  2016:  Turkish H1 methanol imports rise 24% on year to 283,590 mt: Turkstat  - PLATTS

1 Aug  2016:  HDPE plant taken off-stream by PTTGC  - POLYMERUPDATE

1 Aug  2016:  Toluene prices in Asia down adjust  - POLYMERUPDATE

1 Aug  2016:  LG Chem Boosting Elastomer Production To Satisfy Rising Global Market Demand  - Petrochemical News

1 Aug  2016:  Mitsubishi Chemical Selling Interests In Indian, Chinese PTA Businesses  - Petrochemical News