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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET: Spain's Novapet reportedly faces problems after blackout
30.04.2025
EGYPT
Polyolefin manufacturer Sidpec reports good performance despite global market challenges / Petchem output to triple by 2030 / Chinese-Egyptian JV to design Red Sea petrochemicals complex
30.04.2025
WANHUA CHEMICAL
Kuwait's PIC buys 25% of world market leader in isocyanates
30.04.2025
UPDATE - IBERIAN PENINSULA
Blackout in Spain and Portugal: Multiple petrochemical plants shut down / Normalisation could take a week
29.04.2025
PLASTICS MARKETS
Global production continues uptrend, seen doubling by 2050 / Waste incineration increases, landfill declines / Recycling stagnant in challenging environment
29.04.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins, LDPE/LLDPE, EVA: Versalis declares force majeure on products from Dunkirk
28.04.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY
Business climate improves slightly despite trade dispute / Manufacturing industry, plastics pessimistic again – Ifo Institute
25.04.2025
TOTALENERGIES
Plans to shutter cracker at Antwerp / Major ethylene customer allows contract to expire
24.04.2025
INEOS
Third major US energy deal passes regulatory muster / Terms not disclosed / “Attractive” market
23.04.2025
INDORAMA
Sale of 700,000 t/y PTA plant in Portugal / Buyer not yet announced
22.04.2025
EDITORIAL
Silence is agreement: Why the plastics industry should speak up
22.04.2025
SAUDI ARAMCO
Plans for petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia / New cracker construction with partner Sinopec
15.04.2025
VENCOREX
Lyon insolvency court rules in favour of Wanhua / 50 employees to be taken on
14.04.2025
OMV
Polyolefin sales volumes up 11.7% in Q1 2025 / Indicator margins for PE, propylene rise / PP indicator margin down
11.04.2025
NESTE
Finnish oil refiner to cut over 500 jobs / Move follows profits collapse in 2024
10.04.2025
FUTERRO
PLA technology company advances French biorefinery project with design contracts
09.04.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Mood of packaging and film manufacturers ‘slightly brighter' – IK business survey
08.04.2025
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene: BASF reportedly declares force majeure for plants in Ludwigshafen, Antwerp
04.04.2025
ADIPIC ACID
EU starts anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports
01.04.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Carbon capture can play important role for defossilisation / Agricultural and woody biomass can supply one-fifth of future carbon demand in Europe – nova-Institute report
01.04.2025
BASF
Commercial production of Loopamid kicks off / rPA 6 to be sourced from textile waste
31.03.2025
SHELL
Sale of chemicals business in Europe and US confirmed / CEO Sawan considers “selective closures”
28.03.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY
More optimism in German boardrooms / Fiscal stimulus package and looming US tariffs / Mood improves among makers of plastics goods
27.03.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY
Will the German plastics industry benefit from EUR 1 tn special fund? / Assessment by PIE market expert Martin Bäcker
26.03.2025
PYRUM
Pyrolysis specialist agrees to build waste tyre recycling thermolysis plant at VTTI's Antwerp port terminal
21.03.2025
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