Europe’s Energy Price Crisis: Can Chemical Production Be Saved?
How high energy costs are squeezing Europe’s chemical industry, and where industry plans and Brussels' policy align — and clash.
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Electrifying Chemical Products for Sustainability and Profit
How chemical industry start-ups are exploiting the economic advantages of electrification.
EU-India Trade Deal: What It Means for Chemical Business
Who will benefit most from the new trade deal between India and the EU?
How the UK's Carbon Border Tax Will Impact Chemical Trade
The UK CBAM represents a significant shift in the regulatory and trading landscape for chemicals.
US TSCA Reform to Reshape New Chemical Approvals
How far will changes to America’s chemical industry regulation go?
When a Weakened European Chemical Industry Met CBAM
How will chemical and raw material sourcing be impacted now that tighter EU environmental rules have been enforced?
4 Warnings for Raw Material Sourcing in 2026
The 4 biggest raw material sourcing risks and how chemical buyers can stay competitive.
Turning Chemical Market Data into Competitive Advantage
How the power of information can result in chemical industry profit.
Europe vs America: Diverging Paths for Plastics in 2026
How raw material prices, manufacturing trends, global politics, and regional policy will impact the same industry differently on both sides of the pond.
Christmas Shopping vs. Chemical Procurement
How shopping for Christmas presents and sourcing industrial feedstocks and chemicals is actually the same challenge.
Is this the End of PFAS Production and Trade? – Maybe Not
Why industrial chemical traders should expect a reshaped, not a vanishing “forever chemicals” market.
Is this the End of PFAS Production and Trade? - Maybe
As the cost–benefit equation shifts, can there still be value in producing and trading “forever chemicals”?
Industrial Chemicals
EU Cobalt Plan Raises Raw Material Supply-Chain Risk
Will new safety limits on cobalt processing further undermine Europe’s chemical industry?
Industrial Chemicals
EU-Australia Deal to Reshape Raw Material Supply
What impact will the new EU-Australian deal have on the chemical industry?
Chemical Trade
A Greener Way to Source Rare Earth Elements: Bio-Mining
How rare earths can now be extracted with viruses.
Industrial Chemicals
How Sustainability is Rewriting Chemical Trading
From regulation to revenue: the business case for sustainable trading.
Chemical Trade
How to Profit from Chemical Product Sustainability
Practical ways for chemical traders to turn eco-friendly into a deal maker.
Chemical Trade
A World of Chemicals in One Place
Discover how digital chemical platforms are transforming the sourcing of industrial chemicals and feedstocks.
Industrial Chemicals
STPP Market Moves and Price Pressures
How adaptability, not scale, is determining success in sodium tripolyphosphate trading.
Chemical Trade
The Day the Chemical Industry Map Was Redrawn
From backwater importer to petrochemical behemoth: how China’s chemical industry now rules global chemical trade.
Industrial Chemicals
The Four Forces Shaking Europe’s Chemical Industry
A look into the decline of Europe’s chemical industry advantage.
Industrial Chemicals
The Chemical Industry’s Clouded Pathway to Net Zero
Princeton-led study reveals how the chemical industry is underinvesting in its approach to achieving decarbonisation.
Industrial Chemicals
Agentic AI: A Chemical Industry Revolution Already Underway
In a world where everything is changing faster than ever, the biggest change is already happening.
Plastics industry
Europe’s Plastics Recycling Industry Faces Crisis
How is the European recycled plastic market impacting chemical manufacturing and industrial feedstock trading?