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European Q3 phenol adder yet to finalize, benzene increase to be passed on
LONDON (ICIS)--Phenol contract adders have mainly been finalized for Q3, but there is still feedback pending from some market participants. What is clear is that feedstock benzene contract prices...
Germany new-car sales fall 5% in H1, EV sales rise
LONDON (ICIS)--Germany’s domestic new-car sales fell in June and the first six months of 2025, but sales of electric vehicles (EVs) rose, according to the latest data from German auto industry...
Spain unlikely to reprise role in reloading LNG for Europe
France is likely to continue outcompeting Spain for LNG cargoes for onward selling into pipeline markets as reload interest wanes More LNG import infrastructure, reversal of pipeline flows from...
WEEKLY GAS OUTLOOK: Capacity auctions in focus ahead of Russian gas phaseout
Additional reporting by Aura Sabadus LONDON (ICIS)--The European gas market narrative shifted back to a mix of fundamental and regulatory focus moving into week 28. With the ceasefire between...
WEEKLY POWER OUTLOOK: Heatwave to support European power prices in week 28 despite cool, windy start
LONDON (ICIS)--Cooler temperatures and high wind generation are likely to pressure UK and central European power spot prices through the first half of week 28. However, the return of heatwave...
Canadian goods exports to US fall for fourth month amid tariff turmoil
TORONTO (ICIS)--Canadian merchandise exports to the US fell for a fourth consecutive month in May and share of exports going there plunged in the midst of tariff and trade uncertainties. Following a...
PODCAST: ‘Can we stop pretending that key economies are fundamentally strong? They are not.’
LONDON (ICIS)--As geopolitical tensions cooled, the chemicals industry did not have time to react to the spike in oil prices, and the seasonal demand drop in Europe could be more severe than the...
Plant status: S Korea’s KPIC to run cracker at 87-88% for Jul
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: KPIC Location: Onsan, South Korea Product: Ethylene, Propylene Capacity (tonnes/year): 900,000 (ethylene), 460,000 (propylene) Event start: July...
Plant status: South Korea’s GS Caltex to run mixed-feed cracker at 85% in July
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: GS Caltex Location: Yeosu, South Korea Products: Ethylene, propylene Capacity (tonnes/year): 900,000 (ethylene), 470,000 (propylene) Event...
Europe PE, PP demand to ease in summer, allaying tariff fears
LONDON (ICIS)--Europe’s polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) demand may drop significantly over the summer, taking the sting out of fears about EU-US tariffs due to take effect from 9 July, and...
European glycerine spot prices nudge three-year high on biodiesel maintenance
LONDON (ICIS)---Extended shortages pushed European spot glycerine prices close to a near three-year high this week, as scheduled maintenance curbed biodiesel plant run rates. Suppliers allocated...
VIDEO: Europe R-PET July colorless flake, bale prices drop in parts of Europe
LONDON (ICIS)--Senior Editor for Recycling, Matt Tudball, discusses the latest developments in the European recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) market, including: Colorless bale prices drop...
Germany’s manufacturing orders fall in May, chemicals down 3.3%
LONDON (ICIS)--Following an upward-revised 1.6% April increase, new orders in Germany’s manufacturing sector fell 1.4% month on month in May, according to statistical data released on Friday....
Plant status: China’s Shandong Hongxin shuts acrylic acid plant
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Shandong Hongxin Chemical Co Location: Zibo, Shandong province, China Product: Acrylic acid (AA) Capacity (tonnes/year): 80,000 Event start: 4...
PODCAST: Energy Community has come a long way in reaching founding goals, director
LONDON (ICIS)-- The Energy Community celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Established in the aftermath of the Balkans war and the accession of many central European countries to the EU, the...
DNA barcodes can make drug discovery screens miss potential medicines
Flawed data is likely compromising machine learning methods
Chemistry for the visually impaired that can be felt, heard and smelt
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, recently brought chemistry alive for students with sight loss
In search of the alchemists of Prague
A city where chemistry lurks almost anywhere you look
From reactor design to the printed schnitzel
Completes months of work in under an hour: ReacTUNE, new software from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), automatically calculates the optimum geometry for chemical reactors and generates directly usable files for their production using
Heaviest tin isotopes provide insights into element synthesis
An international team of researchers, led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process nucleosynthesis in measurements conducted at the Canadian research center TRIUMF in Vancouver. At the center of this work are