EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Q1 output declines further on weak demand / No relief in energy costs / Export, import volumes down significantly – Cefic

POLYETHYLENE

Economics not only factor in global competitiveness / China capacity build-up could reshape trade flows and pressure margins by 2030 – McKinsey report

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Russia's largest polyolefin plant suspends operations following drone strike / Capacity concentration weakens Russian petchem industry / Experts say polymer shortage unlikely

PTA

Final anti-dumping duties on Mexican, South Korean imports / EU Commission slightly reduces rates

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyether polyols: Covestro declares force majeure for Dormagen as Rhine hits record low

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: Sabic declares force majeure for deliveries from Geleen

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Olefins, polyolefins, butadiene: MOL repairs in Hungary to extend into next year

PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS

Cumene: Reported issues at US supplier Flint Hills affect key feedstock for epoxy resins and PC

RADICI

Plans to close Novara adipic acid plants / 140 jobs at risk

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

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

Production, sales fall again in H1 – VCI report / President calls for 'more radical reform implementation'

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY POLAND

Sector focused on survival, not strategic investment / Energy prices remain volatile in 2026, amplified by Strait of Hormuz disruptions / Coalition seeks revision of ETS rules

CHINA

Typhoon Bavi hits country's east / Numerous plants scaled back, shut down / Key transshipment ports still out of operation, but damage less severe than expected / South Korea not expected to be affected

PVC

Turkey reviews existing anti-dumping measures against Germany and US

LLDPE

India plans anti-dumping duties on materials from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Malaysia

LLDPE

UK opens anti-dumping probe into US LLDPE after Ineos complaint / Does this mean oversupply for the EU?

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Butadiene: Force majeure at MOL confirmed

POLYURETHANE

Polyether polyols: EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from China

EPOXY RESIN

Yulin Energy's large-scale plant causes further shifts in global market / Coal and methanol as feedstocks / Significant overcapacity in China

PET

No EU anti-dumping duties on imports from Vietnam