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- A look back at Asian PE markets in 2018: Trade wars, currency crisis push prices to near 10-year-low
  
  2018 has been a tough year for the PE markets in Asia as global trade wars and currency issues made most of the headlines of the year, affecting trade quite negatively. Import PE prices across the region started the year on a firm footing, but they have largely failed to maintain it since around February...
  
  PP deals closed lower, Jan expectations surface in Europe
  
  Players in Europe are set to wrap up their monthly business earlier than usual due to Christmas holidays. PP deals have been concluded with declines of €40-70/ton from November so far...
  
  Bearish trend pervades Mid-East and African PE markets in 2018
  
  PE prices have tracked a downward trend for the most part of 2018 in the Middle East and Africa. Local and import markets have been falling for the last 8- 9 months in a row. ChemOrbis Price Indices currently represent the lowest levels of the past few years in many countries across these regions...
  
  Acetylene and ethylene-based PVC move in opposite directions in China
  
  In China, acetylene and ethylene-based PVC prices have tracked opposite paths so far this week after moving in the same direction for around ten months...
  
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Production Flowcharts

CHLOR-ALKALI PROCESSES

GENERAL FLOW CHART

Mercury cell process
Diaphragm cell process
Membrane cell process
Ion exchange membrane inside

EDC production

Direct chlorination
Oxychlorination

VCM production

EDC cracking
EDC/VCM integrated process

POLYMER PRODUCTION

PVC

Suspension polymerization
Emulsion polymerization
Mass (bulk) polymerization

LDPE

Autoclave process
Tubular process

HDPE production

Slurry process
Former Ziegler process (detailed slurry process)
Gas phase process

LLDPE

Gas phase process

PP Production

Gas Phase Process
High yield slurry process
Bulk phase polymerization

Borealis Bulk/Gas phase together: BORSTAR
Basell Bulk polymerization - SPHERIPOL

BENZENE AND PS PRODUCTION

GENERAL FLOW CHART

Benzene production

TDP process - from toluene to benzene
Extractive distillation - from pygas to benzene

Ethylbenzene

Catalytic alkylation of benzene with ethylene

Styrene

Dehydrogenation of EB to produce styrene monomer

GPPS/HIPS

Bulk process for GPPS/HIPS production

EPS

Suspension process for EPS production

CRUDE OIL, NAPHTHA AND OLEFINS

GENERAL FLOW CHART

Crude oil to naphtha, ethylene and propylene
Distillation Unit
Steam Cracker
FCC unit

FROM NATURAL GAS TO OLEFINS

GENERAL FLOW CHART

NG processing
Ethane from olefins

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