Keyword: Force Majeure

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Chinese Gas Shortfall stops BASF’S MDI plant

19.12.2017 - BASF has declared force majeure on deliveries from its 400,000 t/y production for polyurethane feedstock MDI at Chongqing, near Shanghai, China, and has had to stop production...

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BASF Force Majeure for two Compostable Resins

19.10.2017 - BASF has declared force majeure for its compostable bioresins ecoflex and ecovio. The declaration follows the discovery of a technical defect in the ecoflex plant at Ludwigshafen...

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Shell Declares FM at Singapore Complex

03.12.2015 - Oil and petrochemicals giant Shell declared force majeure on production of base chemical products from its Bukom plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island on Dec. 1, citing a technical...

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The Heat Is On

28.10.2015 - The European chemical industry has warned that doubts about proposed changes to the European Union’s carbon emissions trading system (ETS) could hold back investment in...

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Shell Declares FM for Base Chemicals at Singapore

19.10.2015 - Shell has declared force majeure (FM) for base chemicals product from its cracker complex at Singapore, due to what it called an “operational upset” on Oct. 15. The incident...

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BASF Lifts FM on Polyamide Products

01.10.2015 - BASF has lifted the force majeure it declared on certain products in the polyamide chain, including hexamethylenediamine (HMD), AH salt, PA 6.6 base polymer and compounds, in June...

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BASF to Lift Force Majeure for EO

01.07.2015 - BASF said it will lift its force majeure (FM) on Jul. 10 for ethylene oxide (EO)-based products produced in Europe in the portfolio of Home Care and Industrial & Institutional...

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European Ethylene Oxide Crisis Worsens

12.06.2015 - The crisis in the European market for ethylene oxide (EO) is becoming increasingly worse. On June 11, Ineos declared force majeure covering all of Europe for the chemical used in...