LANXESS

Speciality chemicals group announces further cost cuts / Quarterly sales down, earnings in the red

BIESTERFELD

Distributor gains rights for Lanxess polymer additives in CEE

LYONDELLBASELL

Results deep in red due to billions in write-downs / Cracker in Germany enters extended maintenance

UPDATE - REMAT

MOL shuts down operations at Hungarian polyolefin recycler

MOL

First quantities of ‘sustainable' polyolefins launched / Construction of C3 conversion plant on schedule

EGYPT

Suez Canal, Anchorage Investments plan petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna / Third major Egyptian project in the works

MOL

Fire at refinery reportedly affecting polymer production / Neither force majeure nor allocations announced

BOREALIS

Better margins for PE, olefins / Polypropylene being pressured by imports

COVESTRO

Declining volumes, prices keep plastics group in red

EXXONMOBIL

Energy giant sues California over new climate laws / Emissions reporting requirements, disclosure of financial risks claimed to infringe free speech

MITSUI CHEMICALS

Collab with Polyplastics to market engineering plastics

BASF

Q3 earnings fall but exceed expectations / Launch of share buyback programme in November / 2025 forecast revised

OMV

Large-scale pyrolysis plant in Austria now not expected to be built until 2030

BRASKEM

Expansion of ethanol-based C2, PE capacities in Brazil / Growth also planned in biobased product segment

ORBIA

PVC group's Q3 results remain under pressure / Mixed picture in pipes business

NYLON CORP OF AMERICA

US producer expands capacity for long-chain polyamides / Plans to shift away from standard materials business

VERSALIS

Tentative steps forward / Has the battered petrochemicals group begun its climb out of the slump?

BASF

Job cuts planned for Antwerp / No plans to shut down whole plants

DOW CHEMICAL

Quarterly profit halves / Nine-month results deep in red / Group plans to accelerate cost-cutting measures

AZELIS

Speciality chemicals firm named sole distributor for SI Group additives