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Europe faces early test in heating season
LONDON (ICIS)--Europe experienced its first test of the winter heating season with extended bouts of below-average temperatures and wind speeds, forcing a larger call on gas-fired power generation....
GIF INSIDE STORY: Ukraine gas transit in 2025: what do we know?
Discussions related to a new gas transit deal via Ukraine have been drawing significant interest from energy traders. Recent news related to the discussions have triggered steep price movements and...
Greece’s PPC targets coal exit by 2026, 12GW renewable capacity by 2027
Greece's PPC's management updates the strategic plan targets for the 2025-2027 period The update shows growing renewable fleet, faster lignite exit, key drivers for regional spot prices The company...
GIF COMMENT: Trump’s presidential victory is expected to end the regulatory pause on US LNG but tariff policy may affect project costs
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Donald Trump’s term will lift regulations on US LNG, but market conditions and project costs could prevent some projects from moving forward. Although Trump will not take office...
Thyboron port selected to build 1.1GW Danish offshore wind farm
Thyboron port selected as the offshore construction base for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date The port could increase the development of offshore wind farms in the region Denmark will...
Plant Status: Poland’s Orlen schedules PTA maintenance in spring 2025
LONDON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Orlen Location: Wloclawek. Poland Product: Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) Capacity (tonnes/year): 690,000 Event start: March 2025 Event finish:...
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Gadolinium, lutetium and zirconium all have new atomic weights
Iupac updates of elements’ standard atomic weights follows new evaluations of abundance
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Merck accelerates growth, driven by all business sectors
Merck, a leading science and technology company, accelerated its growth in the third quarter of 2024. All three business sectors achieved organic increases in sales and earnings. Accordingly, the company remains on course to return
New Insights Into the Hydrogen Bonding of Hydrogen Sulphide
Water and the bad smelling molecule hydrogen sulphide do not seem to have a lot in common at first sight. However, when investing a little energy, some differences disappear. At first glance, the ice cube
Waters Corporation Opens State-of-the-Art Precision Manufacturing Facility in Longbridge, UK
Waters Corporation announced the official opening of its new 45,000 square foot manufacturing facility at the Longbridge Business Park in the West Midlands. The new facility more than triples existing operations and enhances the company's
Plant status: Philippines’ JG Summit to suspend BD operations
SINGAPORE (ICIS)—Here is a plant status report: Name: JG Summit Location: Batangas, Philippines Product: Butadiene (BD) Capacity (tonnes/year): 70,000 Event start: Early January 2025 Event finish:...
Brazil to investigate alleged US, Canada PE dumping
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Brazil is to start an investigation into polyethylene (PE) arriving on its shores from the US and Canada and whether the material constituted dumping, the government said. As...
US October PX assessed at a decrease on falling downstream demand
HOUSTON (ICIS) – US paraxylene (PX) October contract prices were assessed at a 1 cent/lb decrease from September to 50 cents/lb ($1,102.30/tonne). The decrease can be attributed to falling...
US gasoline supplies fall to two-year low as demand climbs
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US gasoline supplies fell during the week ended 8 November, thanks in large part to a rise in demand. Gasoline stocks decreased week on week, according to the US Energy Information...
CRUDE SUMMARY: Crude prices rise in whipsawing action despite bearish IEA 2025 outlook
US EIA inventory data shows significant fall in gasoline inventories US weekly initial jobless claims remain steady, as rise in joblessness fails to materialize IEA 2024 global demand growth forecast...