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Europe SAN June contract prices roll over
LONDON (ICIS)--Contract prices have rolled over for June in the Europe SAN market, driven by stable market trends and composite feedstock costs including the €15/tonne contract price increase for...
INSIGHT: Energy Transfer to expand NGL terminal amid rising US supplies, foreign demand
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Energy Transfer is the latest midstream company to expand ethane and LPG export capacity in the US as rising domestic supplies of the feedstock and growing foreign demand from steam...
INSIGHT: Virgin PET price shock may reshape future buying, support rPET demand in LatAm
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--The recent surge in virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices – despite early declines in some markets and expected falls in Latin America – could alter procurement...
Canada manufacturing capacity utilization falls to 80.6% in April, but chemicals rise to 81.5%
TORONTO (ICIS)--Canada’s manufacturing capacity utilization fell from 81.8% in March to 80.6% in April, led by declines in the petroleum and coal products, primary metals, and machinery sectors,...
European June SBR contracts soften on feedstocks; spot prices under more pressure
LONDON (ICIS)--European styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) June contract prices were assessed at decreases. The upstream butadiene (BD) contract price dropped by double digits and other key feedstock...
Plant status: SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz’s melamine plant in Germany running at reduced rates
LONDON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz Location: Piesteritz, Germany Product: Melamine Capacity (tonnes/year): 80,000 Event start: Mid-June Event finish:...
China urea sentiment firms after industry guidance price increase
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s third quarter 2026 industry self-regulatory guidance prices for standard urea have been raised, supporting market sentiment and pushing both spot and futures prices...
Fluxys Belgium activates overnominations at Virtualys entry point amid planned outages
Gas-operator Fluxys Belgium activates overnominations at France-Belgium Virtualys entry point The ZTP Within Day trades at an implied premium to TTF on 18 June afternoon (ICIS-collated data) Planned...
Scientists fear that microplastics may be helping bacteria outsmart antibiotics
Emerging evidence reveals that plastics particles can induce stress and boost exchange of resistance genes
Would mirror life really threaten our own?
New modelling suggests that even if we could create cells based on mirror-image biomolecules, their natural counterparts would outcompete them in the wild
Plant status: Japan’s Mitsui Chem shuts BPA unit for turnaround
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Mitsui Chemicals Location: Osaka, Japan Product: Bisphenol A (BPA) Capacity (tonnes/year): 65,000 Event start: Early June 2026 Event finish:...
Plant status: China’s Heilongjiang Longjiang to shut BPA plant for maintenance
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Heilongjiang Longjiang Chemical Location: Daqing, Heilongjiang, China Product: Bisphenol A (BPA) Capacity (tonnes/year): 200,000 Event start: 30...
East China xylenes port inventories drop 9.9% on fewer arrivals
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Mixed xylenes (MX) inventories at east China ports decreased to 51,900 tonnes on 18 June due to fewer arrivals, according to ICIS data. The inventories were down by about 9.9% from...
East China toluene port inventories down 13.6% on fewer arrivals
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Toluene inventories at east China ports decreased to 32,900 tonnes on 18 June due to fewer arrivals, according to ICIS data. The inventories were down by around 13.6% from 11 June,...
Plant status: India’s GNFC to restart Dahej TDI plant in early July
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals (GNFC) Location: Dahej, India Product: Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) Capacity (tonnes/year):...
Plant status: S Korea’s Tongsuh No 4 ACN restarts after shutdown
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Tongsuh Petrochemical Location: Ulsan, South Korea Product: Acrylonitrile (ACN) Capacity (tonnes/year): 265,000 Event start: 7 March 2026 Event...
Olin and Huntsman to merge, creating $12 billion chemical giant
Deal will combine a large chlor-alkali producer with a major user of chlorine and derivatives
Plant status: Indonesia’s TPPI shuts PX unit for maintenance
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) Location: Tuban, Indonesia Product: Paraxylene (PX) Capacity (tonnes/year): 780,000 Event start:...
East China MEG inventory continues to drop on limited import arrivals
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Monoethylene glycol (MEG) total inventory in east China decreased again to 501,000 tonnes on 18 June, down by around 10.7% from 12 June ICIS data showed, largely due to limited...
Asia TiO₂ indicative pricing down on summer demand lull
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Titanium dioxide (TiO2) spot indicative prices in Asia were down slightly so far on Thursday. Offer levels were heard at $2,550-2,650/tonne FOB (free on board) China, with the...