Chemicals News Today

Chemical giant Ineos urges the European Commission to accelerate trade defense reforms against surging, high-carbon Chinese imports, citing existential threats and mounting plant closures across Europe's chemical sector.

The global ethylene oxide market, valued at USD 62.95 billion in 2025, is projected to reach USD 94.28 billion by 2034, growing at a 4.59% CAGR, driven by rising industrial and medical demands.

IDFC First Bank released its daily petrochemical market summary on September 30, 2026, providing routine updates on various polymer and aromatic products for industry professionals.

India's DGTR is probing dumped imports from China and other regions across sectors like pharma and chemicals. While potential anti-duty measures may aid domestic manufacturers, final outcomes remain uncertain.

INEOS welcomes the EU's anti-dumping investigation into PVC imports following a 100% surge in 12 months, while urgently calling for faster trade defence reforms to protect Europe's chemical industry.

Deepak Chem Tech commissioned a Rs 300 crore chlorination and specialty chemicals plant in Gujarat. The firm's broader Rs 11,000 crore capex program remains on track for completion by FY29.

India's activated carbon industry faces severe pressure from Chinese competition, rising logistics costs, and coal alternatives, despite exports reaching 1.80 lakh tonnes valued at approximately ₹4,700 crore last fiscal year.

West Bengal potato farmers protested low returns, selling crops at ₹8 per kilo on roads against a cultivation cost of ₹8, while receiving under ₹3, demanding better prices and fertilizer management.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for a 150 tonnes per day e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port in Kutch to boost green energy infrastructure.

JPFL Films has reduced its BOPET polymer prices for 06-50 microns by ₹3 per kg, effective from 30 September 2026.