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Bearish gas front-month signals intensify in TTF ICE options market
Imad Barake contributed to this article Increasing TTF front-month put option trades since 1 January a bearish indicator Slight bullishness seen from rising interest in out-of-the-money call options...
RPM fiscal Q2 earnings drop on US govt shutdown impact
LONDON (ICIS)--RPM’s pre-tax income fell slightly year on year for the three months to the end of November 2025 as the US government shutdown during the period prolonged construction sector lead...
Plant status: China’s Fujian Refining and Petrochemical shuts PP Line 3 for maintenance
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Location: Quanzhou, China Product: Polypropylene (PP) Capacity (tonnes/year): 220,000 (No 3) Event start: 6...
LNG Weekly Market Report: TTF holds steady to Asia on storage withdrawals
OUTLOOK Lower European storage and muted Asian LNG demand will likely mean Europe will remain the premium priced gas market for now While Asian demand continues to remain soft, there are signs of...
Plant status: China’s Fujian Refining and Petrochemical to restart PP Line 1
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Location: Quanzhou, China Product: Polypropylene (PP) Capacity (tonnes/year): 120,000 (No 1) Event start: 4...
BLOG: Three scenarios for the global economy in 2026: AI and other drivers
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Click here to see the latest blog post on Asian Chemical Connections by John Richardson. In the “good old” Chemicals Supercycle days, forecasting demand was almost...
Europe refinery solvents FD pricing flat as new targets awaited
LONDON (ICIS)--Europe’s free delivered (FD) spot prices were stable this week for all three of the refinery solvents. Some players were testing the water with fresh price targets, but others had...
Europe chemical producer prices rise with overall industrial trend in November
LONDON (ICIS)--Chemical producer prices in the EU rose in line with the wider industrial trend in November, according to the latest data released from Eurostat on Thursday. November pricing shows...
Venator’s TiO2 Scarlino plant bought by Nuova Solmine; shuttered TiO2 ops to restart
LONDON (ICIS)--Venator’s titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant in Scarlino, in Italy has been acquired by Nuova Solmine - sulphuric acid producer at the site, with the long-idled TiO2 plant due to restart...
UK baseload prices could rise above January ’26 expiry
By Anna Coulson and Ethan Tillcock UK spot power prices through 1-7 January have delivered below the January ’26 expiry level This is despite increased gas and power demand amid a cold snap, mixed...
China’s sulphur port inventories down 174,000 tonnes on more trading
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s sulphur port inventories fell to around 1.96 million tonnes on 8 January because of more trading in the domestic market, ICIS data showed. This marks a decrease of 174,000...
Brazil AN imports grow 5% in 2025 led by shipments from Russia
LONDON (ICIS)--In Brazil, ammonium nitrate (AN) imports in 2025 rose 5.2% year on year to more than 1.2 million tonnes, led by an increase in shipments from Russia which helped buffer the drop in...
China’s DAP port inventories stable at 140,000 tonnes on no arrivals
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s diammonium phosphate (DAP) port inventories were around 140,000 tonnes on 8 January 2026, as there are no new volumes arriving at the ports, ICIS data showed. The...
Chinese demand for glycerine rises on downstream ECH plants restart
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Chinese demand for glycerine has picked up on restocking activities prior to the Lunar New Year holiday which falls in mid-February. Spot offers for crude and refined glycerine rise...
ICIS TTF Early Day assessments: 8 January 2026
- ICIS TTF Early Day dropped almost 4% on Thursday, returning to a discount to EAX for the February front month - Russia attacked two seaports in Ukraine's Odesa region on Wednesday, both important...
Building the future of separation science
Jennifer Kingston was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Technical Excellence Prize, which honours the vital role of technical staff in the chemical sciences community
Plastic recycling is contracting when it needs to grow
High costs, oversupply of virgin polymers and complex political environment are challenging industry
Turning garden and crop waste into plastics
Turning green waste, hay and algae into fully biodegradable plastics for use in medical products, car components, insulation and packaging is the goal of a new Junior Research Group at the University of Oldenburg. Led
Electrons lag behind the nucleus
Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown, for the first time with very high time and spatial resolution, that electrons in certain two-dimensional materials only follow the motion of the atomic nuclei with a delay. This
Chemists develop smart plastic-like materials that use light or gentle heat to activate
Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a “smart” polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D printing and repairs simpler, safer and more energy-efficient with materials whose properties may be tuned to match