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OIL & GAS
ConocoPhillips set to lay off more than 3,000 staff – reports / Other sector giants embarking on cost-cutting drive
 		12.09.2025
POLYETHYLENE
Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs
 		11.09.2025
RECYCLING BRAZIL
Recycling volumes up, rate down in 2024 / 410,000 t PET recycled / Sector at 23% idle capacity – Brazil PET group
 		10.09.2025
UK CONSTRUCTION
Activity falls for eighth month straight / Housebuilding, civil engineering experience summer slide
 		10.09.2025
CONSUMER GOODS GERMANY
Prices, global competition, EU regulations – triad of producer concerns / Industry associations see no structural weakness despite shrinking sales
 		09.09.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level
 		09.09.2025
NORWAY
Investments in oil and gas industry set to peak in 2025 / Boom winding down / Industry's long-term future secure
 		05.09.2025
LOGISTICS
Chinese firms expand footprint in Europe / German government moves to scrap supply chain law
 		05.09.2025
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Latest German minimum packaging standard published – ZSVR / Early guidance for companies on PPWR
 		05.09.2025
RECYCLING UK
More reclaim capacity needed for flexible packaging / Household collection due in early '27 / Sector alliance issues results of trial
 		04.09.2025
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
PRE: “The European plastics recycling industry is facing imminent collapse” / Loss of reclaim capacities projected at 1 mn t by end-2025
 		01.09.2025
LOGISTICS
Global trade heavily impacted by typhoon season / DB Cargo management plans to close workshops
 		29.08.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
Registrations climb in July / US confirms lower tariff on EU vehicles / EV market share eases
 		29.08.2025
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Recycling sector warns of market distortion under new EU implementing decision / Industry contends definitions / Non-EU waste may be counted towards targets
 		28.08.2025
USA
Plastics machinery shipments steady in Q2 / Wider processing sentiment remains cautious
 		28.08.2025
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