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

INEOS STYROLUTION

PS follows fall in prices of feedstocks

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

PVC RECYCLING EUROPE

Volumes rise 5.7% in 2025 despite overall drop in plastics reclaim capacity – VinylPlus report

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyester value chain: Orlen reportedly hit by PTA production issues at Wloclawek

BUTANEDIOL

Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese, Saudi, US imports / EU confirms provisional rates

POLYPROPYLENE

Indonesia plans to impose anti-dumping duties on PP homopolymers from Asia and Middle East / More imports to Europe possible

PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY

How can a functioning recyclate market be established? / Wuppertal Institute study analyses current situation, outlines ways forward / “Plastics as a service”

PLASTICS RECYCLING GERMANY

Share of recyclate up slightly, production and processing in decline in 2024 / Industry association publishes Circular Economy for Plastics country report

AROMATIC COPOLYESTERS

EU Commission opens anti-dumping probe into Chinese imports

RECYCLING USA

Beyond Plastics challenges claims by Starbucks that its single-use PP cups are recyclable / Drop 'deceptive' advertising and just use less plastic, NGO tells coffee chain