Vietnam could fully absorb the huge polyolefin production expected from Siam Cement Group’s (SCG) Long Son Petrochemical Complex (LSPC), which is due to start up in 2022, according to analysts. SEE MORE Southeast Asia’s major palm methyl ester (PME) producers expect a boost in demand, with the possible end to the EU’s anti-dumping duties (ADDs) on biodiesel imports from Indonesia in the near term. SEE MORE umitomo Rubber Industries will increase its Chinese production capacity of passenger vehicle tires by roughly 60% by 2020, anticipating brisk demand for fuel-saving tires. SEE MORE Russia, with its share in total gas deliveries to the European Union amounting to 41 percent in the first quarter of 2017, maintained its lead as the primary gas supplier to the bloc during that time period, the European Commission said Thursday in a quarterly report on European gas markets. SEE MORE The US share of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply to the European Union increased ten times in the first quarter of 2017, reaching 6 percent, the European Commission said in a quarterly report on European gas markets released on Wednesday. SEE MORE