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Brazil’s Lord halts sales as Gulf attacks rattle petchem supply chains
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Lord Brasil has suspended new sales orders this week after fresh attacks on petrochemical facilities across the Gulf rattled global supply chains and called raw material supply into...
PPC develops 2.1GW solar capacity with battery projects underway in Greece
Battery projects by PPC Group underway in Northern Greece to help stabilise the electricity grid and support energy distribution during peak demand - traders PPC has completed 2.1GW of solar plants...
Inside-out peptides are part of a new class of isomerism
Could an overlooked conformational contortion invalidate existing drug patents?
DOMO chemical plant in Leuna saved
The impending closure of the DOMO Caproleuna chemical plant has been averted: The insolvency administrator for the German sites of DOMO Chemicals, Prof. Dr. Lucas F. Flöther, has transferred the plant to a rescue company
India’s generic semaglutide surge
As patents on Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and weight loss blockbusters expire, generic makers have their versions ready
Water-based membrane waves through carbon dioxide, blocks other gases
Technology could be simpler, greener way to capture carbon dioxide or separate biogas
Engineered enzyme breakthrough offers sustainable solution for polyurethane plastic recycling
A research team has achieved a significant milestone in the field of plastic waste management by elucidating, for the first time, the catalytic mechanism by which the esterase Aes72 hydrolyzes urethane bonds in polyurethane (PU),
Electrochemical Process Enables Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials
Lithium, cobalt and nickel are in high demand – and they are hard to obtain. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM are developing an electrochemical process to recover scarce
A regulator for unconventional superconductivity
Researchers at RWTH Aachen University, led by Professor Dante Kennes from the Chair of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, have contributed to a new study that addresses a long-standing problem in physics: superconductivity, which cannot be
Oil prices slump after Trump suspends attacks on Iran for two weeks
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Oil prices slumped in early Asian trade on Wednesday, with US crude falling below $100/barrel, after US President Donald Trump announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing...
Trump signals two-week ceasefire with Iran conditional on Strait of Hormuz re-opening
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--US crude oil futures plunged to a low $91.05 a barrel in early Asia trade on 8 April from a close of $112.95 a barrel overnight after US President Donald Trump on 7 April
NYMEX: US gas futures climb on some short-term weather
US natural gas futures rose on 7 April, gaining 2% above the prior settlement on some short-term weather demand expectations The May ’26 front-month contract settled at $2.87/MMBtu Natural gas...
CRUDE SUMMARY: WTI continues to rally as market seeks prompt delivery of barrels
Looming US deadline for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz Iran rejected Pakistani-brokered ceasefire agreement WTI continues to make significant gains as market seeks earlier delivery of oil LONDON...
US corn plantings at 3% completed
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US corn plantings are at 3% with the current rate at a slightly higher pace than last season despite some recent weather challenges. Plantings are above the 2% from 2026 and the...
US forecasts for oil prices up 46% from start of 2026
HOUSTON (ICIS)--The latest US forecast for oil prices is up nearly 46% over the one it made in January, the nation's main energy statistical agency said on Tuesday. The Energy Information...
US keeps ethanol, chemicals and recycled PET on Brazil trade friction list
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--The US flagged Brazil’s ethanol, chemicals and polymers such as recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), among many others, as sectors in which US companies still find several...
Plant status: Indorama Ventures Port Neches, Texas, EO, EG plant running normal following scheduled outage
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Indorama Ventures Location: Port Neches, Texas Product: Ethylene glycol (EG), ethylene oxide (EO) Capacity (tonnes/year): 440,000 (EG), 590,000...
Plant status: Indorama scheduled planned outage at Clear Lake EO, EG site
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Indorama Ventures Location: Clear Lake, Texas Product: Ethylene oxide (EO), ethylene glycols (EG) Capacity (tonnes/year): 450,000 (EO), 355,000...
Iran strikes Saudi petchems infrastructure – Fars News
LONDON (ICIS)--Iranian forces have struck several petrochemicals assets in Saudi Arabia, according to a domestic news agency closely associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The...
Germany’s Q1 new car sales rise 5%, led by EVs; production falls 2%
LONDON (ICIS)--Germany’s domestic new car sales rose 5% year on year to 699,404 units in Q1, led by electric vehicles (EVs), which accounted for one third of total sales, according to data from...