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Nigeria urea interactive trade flow map January-September 2025
LONDON (ICIS)—Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics has released urea trade data for January-September...
GAS ALERT: National Gas required to sell locational gas at Milford Haven
British grid operator National Gas posted a requirement to sell locational gas on the evening of 8 January. Shippers were requested to place bids on National Gas' On-the-day Commodity Market (OCM)...
Plant status: S Korea’s GS Caltex eyes VGO FCC turnaround in Mar-Apr
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: GS Caltex Location: Yeosu, South Korea Product: Propylene Capacity (tonnes/year): 250,000 Event start: 18 March 2026 Event finish: 26 April 2026...
Turkey fertilizers interactive trade flow map for January-November 2025
LONDON (ICIS)--The Turkish Statistical Institute has released fertilizers trade data for January-November...
Ammonia availability to remain tight in January as CBAM uncertainty continues
LONDON (ICIS)--The ammonia market is still reeling by news of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entering its definitive stage on 1 January 2026, as it is also dominated by tight...
Turkey sets $100/tonne provisional safeguard duty on PET imports, not PTA, amid trade probe
LONDON (ICIS)--Turkey is imposing a provisional safeguard duty of $100/tonne on all polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin imports regardless of origin following a probe into PET and purified...
Urea market dominated by Indian tender and shake-up of CBAM
LONDON (ICIS)--The typical slow post-holiday start to the year for the urea sector was somewhat disconcerted by the higher than expected prices offered in the India tender and the “extraordinary”...
Iupac welcomes new year in with a new president
International chemistry nomenclature organisation to be headed by Mary Garson
INSIGHT: Domestic supply-demand gap to lengthen for China ABS market in 2026, exports to continue growth
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Although new ABS production capacity additions in China will be lower in 2026 than the previous year, the market is expected to remain oversupplied due to substantial accumulated...
Plant status: Huntsman restarts larger MDI line in Rozenburg, Netherlands
LONDON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Company: Huntsman Location: Rozenburg, Netherlands Product: Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) Capacity (tonnes/year): 350,000 (Unit 2) Event start:...
Europe paraffin wax competition from China to rise despite expensive freight
LONDON (ICIS)--The European paraffin wax market looks poised for increased competition from Chinese material ahead of the Lunar New Year, while sellers face additional barriers like higher freight...
Singapore, Dubai push on with LNG vessel conversions
Singapore's Seatrium yard begins conversion for Egypt Dubai prepares unit for Gabon deployment LNG conversion space remains tight SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Shipowner Hoegh Evi’s decision to convert the...
Indonesia PP buying sentiment improves but fails to lift prices
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Buying sentiment for Indonesia's polypropylene (PP) market improved as converters started restocking after the year-end break, but that failed to provide sufficient uplift for...
Why failing my first chemistry test was the best thing that ever happened to me
Lost in reactions, but driven by curiosity – how a supportive teacher enabled me to find my way to a career in science
ICIS TTF Early Day assessments: 9 January 2026
- The ICIS TTF Early Day widened its premium over the EAX as the latter dropped on Friday - Europe's stocks are at 68.34% fullness, lower than this time last year, as the region's LNG
Plant status: Taiwan’s TPCC to prolong phenol/acetone unit shutdown in Q1
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TPCC) Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Product: Phenol and acetone Capacity (tonnes/year): 360,000 (phenol) and...
Velaris acquires Markes International to expand its automated sample preparation capabilities
Velaris, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, announced the acquisition of Markes International from strategic investor Schauenburg International and its founders Alun Cole and Elizabeth Woolfenden. Markes, founded in
Start-up of the steam cracker at BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China
BASF has successfully commissioned the steam cracker at its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang in South China as scheduled. This is the first cracker in the world using 100 percent renewable energy to drive
Amorphous V₂CTx MXene cathodes enable high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Scientists in China have created a high-performance cathode material for zinc-ion batteries by carefully converting a layered MXene material into an amorphous form. The new material, called amorphous V2CTx (a-V2CTx), shows remarkable improvements in battery
NBP BOM premium to front month could narrow on upward temperature revisions
Cold snap, forecasts boost BOM against February ‘26 Weather forecasts had diverged on January temperature outlook ENS weather model revised temperatures up in line with other models LONDON...