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4–10 November 2026
Ruwais, United Arab Emirates · Commissioning & Start-up
Borouge 4 has reached mechanical completion of PE7, one of its two 700,000-tonne-a-year polyethylene plants, Borouge reported with its third-quarter results on 29 October.The new XLPE plant for power-cable materials, which made its first...
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