ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY GERMANY

Tube and aerosol can sales weaken in first half of 2025

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Output in H1 2025 pushed lower by weak demand, uncompetitive energy prices / Reliance on Chinese imports grows / Prospects of recovery remain unpredictable – Cefic

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ineos declares force majeure for polypropylene from Belgium

TDI

Prices continue to rise following plant failure at Covestro / German mattress association warns of shortages

EU TRADE SANCTIONS

Brussels targets firms using Russian oil / Focus includes petchem companies, China / EU warns of 'asset freeze'

POLYSTYRENE MARKET

Rise in imports makes life difficult for European producers / Almost one third of imports now come from East Asia

PLASTICS MANUFACTURING GERMANY

Production down significantly in Q2 / “We will need to be in it for the long haul” – Plastics Europe

MDI

US imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on isocyanate imports from China

OXEA

Plasticiser intermediates to become more expensive

FRANCE

Reward system for use of recycled material to come into effect next year

OIL & GAS

ConocoPhillips set to lay off more than 3,000 staff – reports / Other sector giants embarking on cost-cutting drive

POLYETHYLENE

Global markets caught between tariffs and overcapacities / More and more exports from all directions head to Europe / Brazil imposes punitive tariffs

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

Disappointing Q2 for 2025 / Production continues to decline / Plant utilisation falls to dangerously low level

NORWAY

Investments in oil and gas industry set to peak in 2025 / Boom winding down / Industry's long-term future secure

TRINSEO

Prices drop for polystyrene, SAN, ABS

INEOS STYROLUTION

Further price reduction for polystyrene

PTA

EU launches anti-dumping investigation into imports from South Korea, Mexico

CHEMICALS AND HEALTH

ICCA updates materials database / Industry “more transparent than ever”

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Repsol declares force majeure for LDPE, EVA in Puertollano

INEOS STYROLUTION

Slight price reduction for polystyrene