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INEOS Acetic acid production in the UK temporarily halted / Reason likely to be lower European demand rather than lower costs	28.09.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone growth picks up sharply / German business climate keeps improving / UK growth slows as inflation pressures return	28.09.2026
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ITALY Downhill for fifth consecutive year: Sector continues to lose ground / Trough has presumably been reached / H1 2026 report from Federchimica	25.09.2026
PRYME Investment firm acquires mothballed pyrolysis plant in Rotterdam / Restart planned within 18 months following conversion	25.09.2026
MOL Hungarian petchem group set to restart Danube refinery a year after fire damage	24.09.2026
COVESTRO Pilot plant for chemical recycling of elastomers starts up / Investment in double-digit million euro range announced	24.09.2026
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Q1 output declines further on weak demand / No relief in energy costs / Export, import volumes down significantly – Cefic	17.09.2026
PLASTIC ENERGY Stake in French recycling plant in Grandpuits sold to partner TotalEnergies	17.09.2026
ADNOC Emirati state-owned enterprise no longer intends to invest in European chemicals sector / Plans to focus on energy sector instead	15.09.2026
ORLEN Takeover of Grupa Azoty Polyolefins moves step closer / Green light received from competition authority	03.09.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Russia's largest polyolefin plant suspends operations following drone strike / Capacity concentration weakens Russian petchem industry / Experts say polymer shortage unlikely	02.09.2026
RUSSIA Major explosion, fire at Amur Gas Chemical / Polyolefin line start-ups delayed	27.08.2026
EUROPEAN ECONOMY Eurozone manufacturing hits four-and-half-year high as growth broadens in August / Germany strengthens, France weakens / UK activity rises overall, manufacturing retreats	27.08.2026
SHELL Sale of petrochemical business could fetch around USD 8 bn / Apollo, ExxonMobil, Kuwait, LYB among potential bidders	26.08.2026
ALUJAIN Cooperation with Belgium's Beaulieu Fibres on PP fibre / NatPet-2 project with LyondellBasell in progress	26.08.2026
BIOBTX Construction of recycling plant for aromatics production in the Netherlands / BlueAlp named technology partner	19.08.2026
LANXESS Q2 net loss widens despite rise in sales, core profit / Middle East conflict supports revenues, but no ‘sustained upturn'	13.08.2026
PTA Final anti-dumping duties on Mexican, South Korean imports / EU Commission slightly reduces rates	13.08.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Olefins, polyolefins, butadiene: MOL repairs in Hungary to extend into next year	07.08.2026
LANXESS Price hike for adipic acid announced / Result of low-water levels on Rhine?	07.08.2026
LYONDELLBASELL Net profit rises fivefold in Q2 as Middle East war boosts earnings	06.08.2026
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS Cumene: Reported issues at US supplier Flint Hills affect key feedstock for epoxy resins and PC	04.08.2026
GREENDOT Stake sought in French EPR scheme operator Léko	03.08.2026
RADICI Plans to close Novara adipic acid plants / 140 jobs at risk	30.07.2026
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS C2/C3, SAN, butadiene, phenol, acetone, plasticisers: low water levels along the Rhine affect various production sites / Force majeure declarations on the rise	29.07.2026

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