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EUROZONE ECONOMY
Record price growth as business activity slows / Costs to remain high / European Central Bank rate hike larger than forecast / Recession imminent?
25.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
Nord Stream 1 back online / Flow level reduced / Cefic issues statement on European Commission's call for reduced natural gas use
21.07.2022
LOGISTICS
Barely a palm width of water under keel has Rhine shippers concerned / A solution to port strikes in sight? / Container freight rates still plummeting
21.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
European Commission proposes that member states slash gas use / Commission President von der Leyen says Russia “blackmailing” Europe
20.07.2022
RUSSIA
No BMWs for Putin and his cronies / German exports to Russia fall again / Medication shipments increase / High energy prices create trade deficit
18.07.2022
ENERGY MARKETS
Qatar finalises gas North Field Expansion contracts / Five energy majors participating / Total, Shell, Exxon with the largest stakes
15.07.2022
LOGISTICS
Shipping companies demand “weight discrepancy fee” from customers / Chaos on American railways as well / Germany's Rhine to be hit hard by the heat
13.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
Nord Stream 1 closed for maintenance / Concerns that Moscow will end gas shipments to Europe / Could UK cap gas deliveries to the EU? / Rationing this winter?
13.07.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Storm brewing as firms struggle with "tsunami of rules" / VCI group sees "existential crisis" / Production to fall 4% this year / Gas rationing a concern
12.07.2022
LANXESS
CEO Zachert warns of German deindustrialisation / JV with Advent for polyamides in e-mobility
12.07.2022
GKV
Helen Fürst elected president of German processing association
11.07.2022
LOGISTICS
World record: new super freighter carries 12,000 40-foot containers / Export downturn: Germany with first negative trade balance in decades
07.07.2022
BASF
Feasibility study for large heat pump at German headquarters / Collaboration with MAN Energy Solutions
07.07.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
DIW economic institute says business activity stagnant / Researchers see weak start to summer / Country reports first monthly trade deficit in 30 years
07.07.2022
RAW MATERIALS
Ifo Institute: Shortages in German plastics industry continue to ease / Bottlenecks expected until spring 2023
01.07.2022
LOGISTICS
Endless container chaos / Cancelled flights, port strikes further reduce transport capacity / Is the German holiday ban on lorries finally sending drivers around the bend?
30.06.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Decline in May energy price index / Costs still high / Gas price up almost 150% in a year – report from German economic institute HWWI
28.06.2022
CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Technology has a role in circular economy / Significant growth projected if current constraints are overcome / Better sorting infrastructure needed / McKinsey analysis
28.06.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Business confidence still falling / Ifo Institute says “chemical industry is thoroughly alarmed” / BASF mulls options for production at headquarters site
27.06.2022
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
Stunning blow for GKV: assembly of delegates excludes TecPart from the association / Departing President Roth: “irreconcilable differences” / Election of new president failed
24.06.2022
LOGISTICS
Cash windfall for shipping companies / Looming threat of strikes in logistics industry / Container freight rates remain varied
23.06.2022
RAW MATERIALS
Decline in gas deliveries to Germany, France, Italy / Rome considers emergency measures
20.06.2022
LOGISTICS
Lorry drivers' strikes in South Korea, dockworkers' walkout in Germany and new lockdowns in Shanghai / Is the freight sector evolving from a seller's to a buyer's market?
16.06.2022
PLASTICS AND FINANCE
Consultant Brand Finance rates “most valuable” and “strongest” chemical brands / BASF, DuPont, Rongsheng, and Ineos in prominent positions
13.06.2022
FORCES MAJEURES
+++ Update +++ Key questions concerning cases of force majeure / What plastics processors need to know / Updated PDF available for download – PIE Q&A
10.06.2022
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