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Plant status: Taiwan’s FCFC eyes deeper phenol/acetone plants’ run rate cut to 50% in 2026
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corporation (FCFC) Location: Mailiao, Taiwan Product: Phenol and acetone Capacity (tonnes/year): No 1: 220,000...
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Asia TDI faces upward pressure following price hike announcement
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Asia’s TDI market faces upward price pressure after BASF announced a $200/tonne increase, effective 1 December, citing higher regulatory compliance, transport, and energy costs....
Royal Society of Chemistry calls for labs to become more inclusive for disabled chemists
Innovative thinking could address many of the problems that makes labs inaccessible
ICIS TTF Early Day assessments: 4 December 2025
- Planned and unplanned maintenance has rendered 33.4mcm/day offline on 4 December, with process problems at the Norwegian gas asset at Troll amounting to 8mcm/day - Gassco - Northwest Europe is...
China’s CJN partners with ElSewedy to develop major phosphate plant in Egypt
LONDON (ICIS)--China’s Kunming Chuan Jin Nuo Chemical (CJN) has partnered with Egypt’s ElSewedy Industrial Development to build one of the Middle East’s largest phosphate-based chemical...
Plant status: China’s Jincheng Petchem restarts base oils unit in early Dec
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Location: Zibo, Shandong, China Product: Group II base oils Capacity (tonnes/year): 600,000 Event start:...
East China toluene port inventory higher as arrivals outpace consumption
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Toluene inventory at east China ports increased to 48,100 tonnes in the reporting period ended 4 December as arrivals outpaced consumption, according to ICIS data. The inventory was...
Asia ethylene dichloride suppliers unlikely to increase India exports
SINGAPORE(ICIS)--Asia ethylene dichloride (EDC) producers may continue to view India as a lackluster sales destination, despite the south Asian country’s recent removal of the quality control...
Plant status: China’s Shanghai Huayi runs etac plant at reduced capacity
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Shanghai Huayi Chemical Location: Wuwei, Anhui, China Product: Ethyl acetate (etac) Capacity (tonnes/year): 200,000 Event start: November 2025...
Bangladesh to lift LNG imports in 2026 as fertilizer tariff unlocks funding
Fertilizer gas tariff increase funds additional LNG purchases Record 115 total LNG imports in 2026 Extra seven LNG cargoes planned for fertilizer sector in 2026 Bangladesh plans to lift LNG imports...
Lignin becomes valuable amides
An international research team from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) and several Chinese universities, led by Prof. Jagadeesh Rajenahally and Prof. Matthias Beller, has developed a novel, environmentally friendly process for producing high-quality amides
Methanol to Hydrogen: Demonstration Plant for Off-grid Power Supply Using Steam Reformers
At the technical center of the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock, a methanol steam reformer supplies a fuel cell with high-purity hydrogen in continuous operation and at comparatively mild temperatures. It is the
Antiferromagnetic network with direction of rotation
A standard refrigerator magnet is ferromagnetic: the tiny magnetic moments of the atoms all point in the same direction. The magnetic forces of such magnets can therefore be easily utilized, for example in compasses, sensors
BLOG: The illusion of protection: Why Europe needs more than ADDs to compete
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Click here to see the latest blog post on Asian Chemical Connections by John Richardson. The European Chemicals Industry Is at a Crossroads High energy and feedstock costs....
Plant status: China’s Shandong Yulong shuts PBR plant for maintenance
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Location: Longkou, Shandong, China Product: Polybutadiene Rubber (PBR) Capacity (tonnes/year): 150,000 Event...
Plant status: China’s Sinochem Quanzhou shuts cracker
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Sinochem Quanzhou Location: Quanzhou, Fujian, China Product: Ethylene; propylene Capacity (tonnes/year): 1 million for ethylene; 500,000 for...
India LAB producers hike domestic offers again for Dec after brief U-turn
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Producers of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) in India hiked domestic offers for December cargoes this week, after a brief U-turn in November where they took offers down for the first time...
Plant status: China’s Shenghong Refining and Chemical shuts one MEG unit
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Shenghong Refining and Chemical Location: Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China Product: Monoethylene glycol (MEG) Capacity (tonnes/year): 1 million Event...
US to lower fuel efficiency standards for autos
HOUSTON (ICIS)--The US is starting the process to lower fuel efficiency standards for automobiles from the elevated levels set by the previous administration, the US president said on Wednesday. The...