October 2012-Major chemical industry issues in Central Europe & Russia
· MOL decides on butadiene project at Tiszaujvaros
· Oltchim privatisation contested by more than four bidders
· Petrohemija starts HDPE expansion at Pancevo
· Synthos records positive operating profit for first half of 2012
· Tarnow Group records huge increase in gas consumption in first half of 2012
· Ciech faced with hard decision over Zachem, whether to sell or keep
· SIBUR shows good results for first half of 2012
· Credit ratings give positive view of Nizhnekamskneftekhim, but not Kazanorgsintez
· Rosneft starts construction of Eastern Petrochemical Company complex
· Russian xylene production lower in Jan-Jul 2012 due to Omsk shutdown
· Togliattikaucuk embarks on butyl rubber upgrade
· Tatneft considers maleic anhydride project for Alabuga region in Tatarstan
· Russian butanols domestic consumption rose 26% in Jan-Aug 2012 to 52,730 tons
· Russian ethylene production dropped 10% in Jan-Aug 2012 to 1.308 million tons
· Stavrolen to restart ethylene production at the end of September
· SIBUR and Rhoda’s jv at Dzerzhinsk receives approval from environmental audit
· PPG considering new paint plant at Tver
· Belarussian ethylene production rises 65% in Jan-Aug 2012
· Karpatneftekhim shuts PVC plant for maintenance
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