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EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING More investment funding, flatter emissions trajectory, free allocations extended – ETS review / Cefic critical of conditional access	24.07.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Production, sales fall again in H1 – VCI report / President calls for 'more radical reform implementation'	22.07.2026
TASNEE Saudi cracker expansion starts trial operation	22.07.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY POLAND Sector focused on survival, not strategic investment / Energy prices remain volatile in 2026, amplified by Strait of Hormuz disruptions / Coalition seeks revision of ETS rules	17.07.2026
SULZER Vitol's WPU selects Swiss plant manufacturer for chemical recycling facility for end-of-life plastics	15.07.2026
CHINA Typhoon Bavi hits country's east / Numerous plants scaled back, shut down / Key transshipment ports still out of operation, but damage less severe than expected / South Korea not expected to be affected	13.07.2026
ORLEN UNIPETROL Steam cracker passes pyrolysis oil trials / In-house chemical recycling plant planned	13.07.2026
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY IK business survey: feedstock price shock pressures profits / Most companies expect sales and exports to remain stable	09.07.2026
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM Refinery in north-western India now operational / Petrochemical plant set to follow by end of year	08.07.2026
PARAXYLENE June contract: Still no agreement	06.07.2026
EVONIK Chemicals group commissions methanol supply pipeline at German site	06.07.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Butadiene: Force majeure at MOL confirmed	03.07.2026
SIBUR Major Amur Gas Chemical project nears commissioning	03.07.2026
POLYURETHANE Polyether polyols: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from China	01.07.2026
COVESTRO Significant expansion of MDI production planned / Lines to be set up in Shanghai and UAE	01.07.2026
EU CLIMATE POLICY Chemicals industry calls for urgent EU ETS reform amid cost concerns / Cefic outlines priorities for emissions trading revision	01.07.2026
GREENDOT Acquisition of Spanish LDPE recycler Anviplas	30.06.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polyester value chain: Orlen reportedly hit by PTA production issues at Wloclawek	26.06.2026
BUTANEDIOL Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese, Saudi, US imports / EU confirms provisional rates	25.06.2026
GERMAN BUSINESS CLIMATE Talk of peace boosts morale / View of present turns positive at plastics, rubber shops	25.06.2026
BASF Chemicals giant to advise US recycler Encina on 'key project development phases' / Financial stake not ruled out	24.06.2026
RÖHM US MMA plant officially inaugurated	22.06.2026
MOL Hungarian chemical group's acquisition of Serbian NIS reportedly nears completion	18.06.2026
OLINHUNTSMAN Olin, Huntsman to form USD 12.5 bn chemicals giant / Deal links chlor-alkali, PVC, PU businesses	17.06.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS MOL extends force majeure in Hungary to all grades of PE and PP	09.06.2026

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