Chemicals News Today

Ganderbal police conducted extensive audits of industrial chemical stocks to prevent misuse for unlawful activities. Officers inspected facilities and reviewed documentation, sensitizing stakeholders on compliance with safety and regulatory norms.

Tata Chemicals invests ₹775 crore to expand its Cuddalore precipitated silica unit. This boosts industrial momentum, meets rising demand from tyre, rubber, and specialty sectors, and strengthens its materials portfolio, creating jobs and enhancing capacity.

Cancer-causing auramine, an industrial dye, is found adulterating turmeric and roasted chickpeas in India. Studies link it to bladder cancer and liver tumors. 14% of 356 turmeric samples showed high lead levels, highlighting widespread food adulteration.

IWAI inked MoUs for a ₹1,000-crore water metro project across the Brahmaputra in Assam (Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tezpur) and to boost methanol/formalin exports via waterways to Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Minister Sonowal reviewed Northeast projects.

GNFC will boost Ammonium Nitrate Melt capacity by 94% (163,000 MTPA) to 338,000 MTPA by July 2027, investing ₹450 crore in the AN Melt-II project. This strengthens its role in India's explosives market.

BirlaNu will invest ₹127 crore in a new Fibre Cement Board Plant in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, creating 600 jobs. This sustainable project uses fly ash and plans future expansion into PVC pipes and construction chemicals.

Indian researchers created an all-boron benzene analogue, a planar six-membered boron ring, stabilized by an osmium complex. This breakthrough, involving [Cp*Os(η⁶-B₆H₁₁)], opens new avenues for catalysts and electronic materials.

The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) has increased anti-dumping duties on Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) film imported from two major Chinese producers and their affiliates, effective 20 November 2025. Duties on imports from Kanghui New Material Technology Co. have been raised from 2.2% to 7.31%, while the duty on PET film from Tianjin Wanhua Co. has surged from 3.84% to 36.98%.

Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical has successfully restarted its 400,000 TPA High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Quanzhou, China, following maintenance. The facility is now back in operation.

Styrene Monomer (SM) prices moved up in Asian trading, with fresh assessments placing FOB Korea values at US$ 820 per MT, reflecting a firming trend in the regional market.