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Romanian regulator consults on proposals to make gas transmission tariffs more attractive
ANRE proposes dropping seasonal coefficients Multipliers to be maintained within EU average ranges Discounts proposed for storage and interruptible capacity LONDON (ICIS)--Romanian regulator ANRE is...
Sufficient gas and power supply to meet UK demand this summer – National Gas, NESO
National Gas, NESO see sufficient supply to meet the UK’s gas and power demand for summer 2026 Gas supply able to withstand LNG disruptions, although prices may rise amid global competition...
INSIGHT: Fertilizer markets face prolonged disruption even if Hormuz reopens, sources say
LONDON (ICIS)--The global fertilizer market faces disruption to supply chains and costs on a scale not seen even during the early stages of the Ukraine war, with these pressures expected to persist...
Henkel finds outlet for industrial waste heat at German site
LONDON (ICIS)--German adhesives and detergents producer Henkel on Tuesday inaugurated a new “energy center” at its Dusseldorf site to convert the industrial waste heat generated there into...
Optimism rises for Hungarian research after seismic election result
Victorious opposition leader Péter Magyar has promised to reverse restrictions on academic freedom put in place by Viktor Orbán’s government
Europe oxo-alcohol price surge raises risk of demand erosion
LONDON (ICIS)-- European oxo-alcohol spot prices are being driven higher by soaring upstream costs and tightening global supply, even as underlying demand remains weak. Producers are pushing for...
SULPHURIC ACID: Argentina’s Bunge issues June-loading purchase tender
In Argentina, it is understood Bunge has issued a purchase tender for 18,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid for loading 1-10 June from Europe. The tender closes 15 April. Bunge typically imports into...
Middle East war spooks US small businesses, optimism index falls
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US small business sentiment fell in March as the Middle East war that started on 28 February has spooked small business owners and consumers, the National Federation of Independent...
Brazil’s anti-dumping duties on US, Canada PE take effect
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Brazil's anti-dumping duties (ADDs) on polyethylene (PE) imports from the US and Canada for five years took effect on Monday after publication in Brazil's official gazette, the...
US March producer price inflation rises 0.5% from Feb, gasoline up 15.7%
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US producer price inflation, as measured by the producer price index (PPI), rose 0.5% month on month in March, the same rate as in February, but energy and gasoline prices jumped as...
Brazil’s Petrobras approves resumption of $1.0-billion ammonia, urea plant
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Petrobras is to resume construction at its nitrogenous fertilizer unit (UFN-III) in Tres Lagoas, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, to produce ammonia and urea, the Brazilian state-owned...
Europe rPP and rHDPE price spreads swing as virgin costs soar
LONDON (ICIS)--Soaring European virgin injection and blow moulding HDPE and PP spot prices since the outbreak of the Iran war have left spreads with their recycled counterparts swinging in different...
IMF cuts 2026 global GDP growth forecast because of war
HOUSTON (ICIS)--The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its 2026 forecast for global economic growth by 0.2 points because of the disruptions caused by the war between the US and Iran, it said...
Cooperative gallium bonds unlock zero-valent titanium and zirconium
Strategy could make low-valent metal chemistry a lot more accessible
China March vehicles sales rebound sharply to 2.9 million
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s vehicle sales surged by 61% from February to 2.9 million in March, after three straight declines, official industrial data showed. While the rebound is partially...
German chemical industry with decline in sales and employment
The German chemical industry is facing another year of crisis: last year, turnover in the German chemical industry fell by 2.9%, and by as much as 22% since the record year of 2022. The employment
China dominates the discovery of new chemicals and reactions
The country’s contribution to known chemical space has grown exponentially in recent decades, driven by strong domestic R&D investment
Roaming mechanism revealed in bromoform
The halomethane compound bromoform (CHBr3) has devastating effects on the ozone layer. In the upper layers of the atmosphere, bromoform reacts with UV radiation, releasing bromine molecules which destroy ozone molecules. This reaction, however, has
Scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting ‘new chapter’ in chemistry
Iron and oxygen bind together throughout the body. Most famously, iron binds dioxygen, or two oxygens paired with each other, in hemoglobin that transports oxygen through blood. But iron-oxo compounds, as they’re called, are found
More than a pretty picture, star-shaped nanomaterial changes energy storage
When created at the nanoscale, materials can resemble shapes like stars, rods or even pyramids. These particle shapes, also known as the morphologies of a solid, make for more than just interesting images under a