Regional round-up of industry developments, regional pricing analysis, and capacity expansions are provided for Q2 2014.  A discussion document on supply developments in the propylene industry is included.

Regional round-up of industry developments, regional pricing analysis, and capacity expansions are provided for Q2 2013. A discussion document on the shale gas impact on Western Europe is included.

This report provides a comparison of the cost of producing representative polyolefins from several different olefins sources with the aim of showing the costs of alternative sources of ethylene and propylene compare with mainstream, conventional costs.

LLDPE production technologies have been reviewed. Process economics on a USGC, China and Middle East basis have been developed for conventional and metallocene/single site LLDPE resins. Regional supply/demand is included.