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ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY GERMANY
Tube and aerosol can sales weaken in first half of 2025
 		01.10.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic
 		29.09.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for polypropylene from Belgium
 		25.09.2025
TDI
Prices continue to rise following plant failure at Covestro / German mattress association warns of shortages
 		23.09.2025
EU TRADE SANCTIONS
Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'
 		22.09.2025
POLYSTYRENE MARKET
Rise in imports makes life difficult for European producers / Almost one third of imports now come from East Asia
 		22.09.2025
PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY
Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe
 		19.09.2025
MDI
US imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on isocyanate imports from China
 		17.09.2025
FRANCE
Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year
 		15.09.2025
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
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
PTA
EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico
 		18.08.2025
CHEMICALS AND HEALTH
ICCA updates materials database / Industry “more transparent than ever”
 		13.08.2025
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