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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6: Envalior ends force majeure for caprolactam
 		05.01.2024
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Little output growth seen for 2024 / Plastics buyers to continue struggling / Competition with US and China a challenge
 		05.01.2024
NETHERLANDS
Country must address future gap in plastics waste supply and demand / Millions to be invested in chemical recycling facilities – KPMG report
 		05.01.2024
LOGISTICS
Floods strike parts of NW Europe / Panama Canal faces drought / Freight rates climb sharply
 		05.01.2024
USA
PET association Napcor: “We urgently need to forge ahead with recycling” / Collection systems stagnating
 		03.01.2024
YEAR-ENDER: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Better results likely in 2024 / Demand to remain soft / Firms send mixed messages
 		22.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: RECYCLING
Will advanced – or chemical – recycling be the silver bullet for hard-to-recycle plastics?
 		22.12.2023
LOGISTICS
Red Sea attacks rattle world trade / Freight rates rise as container ships take detours
 		22.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: ENERGY PRICES
Multiple factors stoke costs / Lower bills on the horizon
 		21.12.2023
PACKAGING RECYCLING GERMANY
Reclaim volumes for plastics, glass decline / Some targets clearly missed / Demand for polymer packaging to ease most
 		21.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties
 		20.12.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe
 		20.12.2023
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Veil of gloom remains / Sales, output fall in 2023 / More declines expected in coming year
 		20.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom
 		19.12.2023
YEAR-ENDER: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Moscow attacks, Europe adapts / Future impact as hard to predict as the outcome of the war
 		18.12.2023
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