PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyolefins: Carmel Olefins reports outage after rocket hits Bazan refinery

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene: Grupa Azoty plant in Police down again

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Poor start to 2025 on weak demand, output / High energy costs undermine global competitiveness / Dependence on imports grows

EPS

Turkey expands share of EU imports / China now also key player / Very few imports from outside EU go to Germany

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

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Dow imposes order freeze for LDPE plants in Germany

IRAN

Petchem production on upward trajectory despite sanction pressure / Economic crisis impacts local consumption / Results of export-diversification campaign unclear

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Styrene, butadiene, propylene oxide: problems at Repsol in Spain

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

PVC: Anwil plant faces problems again

PLASTICS MARKETS

Global production continues uptrend, seen doubling by 2050 / Waste incineration increases, landfill declines / Recycling stagnant in challenging environment

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Olefins, LDPE/LLDPE, EVA: Versalis declares force majeure on products from Dunkirk

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ineos declares force majeure for PVC from France

TRADE WAR

US reciprocal tariff policy to reshape Sino-US chemical trade / Heavy interdependence with ethane, propane / Price advantage of Chinese products at risk

TRADE IMPACT EUROPE

How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey

COMPOSITES

Europe loses more ground globally / Minimal investment in many cases / Record visitors at JEC show, Paris

TRADE WAR

How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Industry associations launch survey

UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ethylene: BASF reportedly declares force majeure for plants in Ludwigshafen, Antwerp

CARBON FIBRE

Capacity expansions outpaced demand in 2024 / Investment still high / Outlook positive – Composites United report

ADIPIC ACID

EU starts anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Carbon capture can play important role for defossilisation / Agricultural and woody biomass can supply one-fifth of future carbon demand in Europe – nova-Institute report