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GERMAN ECONOMY Business confidence improves again / Plastics processors more pessimistic	27.06.2025
SABIC Petchem giant to shutter UK cracker / European exit unfolds	26.06.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EUROPE Cefic unveils five-point plan to accelerate shift to circular economy / Trade body urges action over ambition	26.06.2025
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY Slight rise in production / Front-loading effects due to threat of US tariffs / Decline in polymer revenue continues	25.06.2025
INEOS First step into chemical recycling / Pyrolysis oil to catalyse packaging polymers at Lavera cracker	23.06.2025
PROPYLENE China increasing propylene capacity to meet growing derivative demand / Country expected to dominate global market by 2030 – GlobalData	20.06.2025
WESTLAKE Remaining plants in Pernis to be shuttered in 2025 / Resin supply from US planned	18.06.2025
ASCEND Brand new HMD plant in China shuttered	18.06.2025
K 2025 The year 2024 was “lousy” for mechanical engineering – Ulrich Reifenhäuser / Turning point in trend not expected until 2026 / Almost 3,200 exhibitors expected	17.06.2025
INEOS Phenol/acetone activities in Germany to be discontinued	17.06.2025
BOROUGE EUR 460 mn logistics partnership with Adnoc to boost UAE petrochemical exports	17.06.2025
BASF Commissioning of HMD plant in France / Expansion in Germany reportedly nearing completion	16.06.2025
TRADE WAR US, China agree to reduce export restrictions; rare earths to be supplied again / Trump says relationship with China is ‘excellent'	11.06.2025
HYDROGEN EC to fund 15 new European green hydrogen projects / Second EHB auction completed	11.06.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polypropylene: Grupa Azoty plant in Police down again	10.06.2025
LYONDELLBASELL Possible sale of European plants to investor Aequita / Negotiations enter critical phase	06.06.2025
ADNOC Former OMV CEO Rainer Seele to head chemicals business	04.06.2025
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Poor start to 2025 on weak demand, output / High energy costs undermine global competitiveness / Dependence on imports grows	03.06.2025
BASF Petchem giant purchases Domo stake in Alsachimie	02.06.2025
HUNTSMAN Group to shutter maleic anhydride plant in Germany / Europe to be supplied from US	02.06.2025
EDITORIAL Final act for Italy's petrochemical industry	26.05.2025
GERMAN ECONOMY Mood among plastics, rubber processors brightens / Ifo business climate index rises	23.05.2025
CENTRAL ASIA Sibur acquires stake in loss-making Kazakh plastics processer / Russian plastics industry seeks to expand foothold in Central Asia / China shows economic interest in region	22.05.2025
SABIC Saudi giant reportedly seeking IPO for National Industrial Gases / Europe exit rumours persist	22.05.2025
POLYMER PRICES Paraxylene: Still no consensus / May contract also expected to be fixed late	19.05.2025

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