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EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Business confidence in Germany slumps again / Mood sours among domestic processors / German economy to shrink this year? / Euro area growth in danger
25.09.2024
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
PMMA capacity to be reduced significantly / Sale of subsidiary Bakelite
24.09.2024
SAUDI ARAMCO
Energy-security deals inked with Chinese firms / Acquisitions weighed
23.09.2024
ORLEN
LOI signed for JV with competitor Azoty / Plans for PP, PA 6, port infrastructure
18.09.2024
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Output rises in H1 2024 / Demand, run rates remain depressed / Many downstream industries still in decline / Uncertain outlook persists
18.09.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Sales under pressure / Slump in demand takes toll / Further job cuts expected – IK business survey
18.09.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene, C2/C3: Fire at Versalis cracker in Italy / Impact on PE, PP unknown
16.09.2024
EU POLICY
Chemicals and plastics producers hail Draghi report / EU should increase investments by EUR 800 bn “to fund radical and rapid reform”
16.09.2024
GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Loss of recovery momentum in Q2 / Sales down despite higher production
12.09.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Covestro, LYB to reportedly start up Dutch styrene plant in October / Weak styrene market expected in September
11.09.2024
PFAS
US EPA extends reporting deadline for ‘forever chemicals' / Cites resource constraints as reason
10.09.2024
PLASTICS AND HEALTH USA
Louisiana district court issues permanent injunction against civil rights evaluation for plant-permitting / End to EPA's environmental justice campaign in US ‘chemicals belt'
09.09.2024
ORLEN UNIPETROL
Bomb detonated in controlled explosion in Czech Republic / Timeline on lifting of force majeure unclear
02.09.2024
BASF
Closure of German plants for PA precursors planned / 180 employees affected
02.09.2024
SHINTECH
Plans for second ethane cracker in US / Backward integration for PVC sought
30.08.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Processor pessimism hits pandemic levels / German managers voice further concerns / Worries about Eurozone mount
27.08.2024
SHELL
GreenDot supplies pyrolysis oil for processing in the Netherlands
27.08.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Orlen Unipetrol declares forces majeures / Cracker also shut down
23.08.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE, PP: Bomb discovery paralyses Unipetrol refinery in Czech Republic
22.08.2024
INEOS
Project One gets new lease on life / Environment decisions by Flemish authorities make realisation look irreversible
15.08.2024
SAUDI ARAMCO
Share deal with Sumitomo would make Saudis Petro Rabigh's majority shareholder / JV seeks financial turnaround
14.08.2024
INDORAMA
PET manufacturer to close plant in Canada / Competition from China increases pressure
12.08.2024
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vinnolit declares force majeure in Germany
09.08.2024
STYRENE
Spot market calmer after news of restart in Netherlands / Prices remain high / Increase for polymers
08.08.2024
SHELL
Energy giant drops chemical recycling plans / Target of 1 mn t/y by 2025 “unfeasible”
05.08.2024
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