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GERMAN LABOUR MARKET
Plastics industry particularly hard hit by staff shortages – DIHK survey
 		30.01.2023
UPDATE - USA
Texas in the grip of tornadoes / Power outages paralyse petrochemical industry / Europe's supply possibly not affected
 		26.01.2023
UK
Cuts coming for energy cost subsidies / Chemical industry warns of continued cost pressure
 		25.01.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6, caprolactam: BASF declares force majeure in US
 		24.01.2023
ENERGY PRICES
Gas prices push higher / Crude oil demand still weak
 		24.01.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Paraxylene: Still no contract agreement / Double contract for December and January likely
 		20.01.2023
BIOPLASTICS
Global production expands after pandemic / Patent filings rise / Advances in accelerated biodegradation / Nanomaterials go commercial
 		16.01.2023
USA
Petchem plants restart after cold spell / Damage less severe than in 2021
 		10.01.2023
OMAN
Sabic, OQ, Kuwait Petroleum mull cracker project
 		09.01.2023
ENERGY PRICES
Commodity costs little changed in November – German economics institute
 		04.01.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET, PTA: Fire closes Indorama plants in Spain
 		03.01.2023
USA
Winter onset imminent: Several facilities shut as a precautionary measure
 		22.12.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Gas shortage takes its toll / Producers caught between rising prices, sinking profits / Firms look longingly to US
 		21.12.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Fire at Versalis' cracker in France / Downstream plants shut down
 		15.12.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PC, MDI: Covestro declares force majeure following outage in Uerdingen, Germany
 		07.12.2022
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