HOUSTON (ICIS)–The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking a disturbance in the southern US Gulf with a high likelihood of becoming a named storm, but it is still too early to determine ...

China's economy has become more and more export-dependent in recent years. Since 2023, its exports have grown 30%, whilst its ...

HOUSTON (ICIS)–A court injunction in Brazil could prevent Braskem Idesa from securing all of the $486 million its majority shareholder would provide for its emergence from bankruptcy protection. The ...

The US Federal Reserve would like to keep interest rates low, to support employment. But higher diesel costs will push prices ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) are advancing talks for a proposed joint venture (JV) to combine their olefins and polyolefins businesses, the ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Flooding across Thailand has affected 1,267 industrial and business establishments in 40 provinces, with the economic toll likely to balloon over time. Economic damage could rise up ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Asia’s petrochemical demand is expected to remain sluggish after China’s week-long holiday in October, as elevated and volatile feedstock and freight costs continue to squeeze ...

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Social media talk of a US truck driver strike on 1 October to protest record-high diesel fuel prices have been widely discredited, but the chatter is enough to keep chemical market ...

In Asia, crude glycerine 80% is covered for China Main Port, while refined glycerine is quoted for NE Asia, SE Asia and China In Europe, spot prices are quoted for refined vegetable, tallow and crude ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–The US and China have agreed to extend their bilateral trade truce by two months to 10 January 2027, giving both sides more time to pursue a broader economic agreement ahead of a ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Oil prices extended gains in early trade on Thursday, with Brent crude edging toward $102/barrel, as escalating hostilities between the US and Iran in the Middle East stoked fears of ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Crude prices at above $100/barrel have pushed up Asia’s petrochemical prices so far in September despite poor demand, further threatening regional production as feedstock costs ...