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Fuel Shock & Supply Squeeze

Rajasthan petrol pumps run dry as 30% supply drop triggers dealer fury over ethanol blending rules

DMCC's Q4 PAT climbs 18% to Rs 7.65 crore as sulphur price spike offsets Hormuz supply squeeze

Middle East chaos and customs chaos wipe $10.7 million off Strong Petrochemical's bitumen trade

Earnings Breakouts

Fineotex's Permian Basin bet pays off as Q4 revenue surges 162% and PAT jumps 118% year on year

Apollo Tyres pours Rs.3,500 crore into India but soaring rubber prices cast shadow over margins

Expansion & Capacity Race

Sika opens its largest US mortar plant in New Jersey to dominate the northeast construction market

Aster commits $80 million to double ethylene export capacity at Singapore's Bukom complex by 2027

OXEA and Air Liquide ink 12-year syngas deal with €20 million upgrade at Oberhausen industrial hub

Clean Energy & Green Hydrogen Bets

Reliance in talks with CATL and others to secure battery components for India's BESS buildout

Heraeus and VSParticle slash iridium loading below 0.2 mg/cm² to cut green hydrogen costs

UPM locks in Avantium's Ray Technology patents to anchor its bio-glycol leadership at Leuna

R&D-Led Materials Push

Grasim's Hiten Mehta: India's bulk chemical sector must shift from capacity-led to R&D-led growth

BASF embeds FCC catalyst R&D inside its biggest global production site in Attapulgus Georgia

POSS-acrylic hybrid cuts corrosion current by 10x and abrasion loss by 50% in metal coatings

Agri-Chemicals & Farm Productivity

Atul launches Mylonis, Salix Gold and Tikadis to tackle rice disease, weeds and oilseed pests

Circular Economy & Recycling Watch

Newcastle University's electrically conductive reversible glue could transform e-waste recycling

TekniPlex brings recyclable blister films and 30% PCR pharma packaging to The Pharma Days 2026

EU's Novel Technology Numbers signal a turning point but Europe's recycling infrastructure still lags

Distribution & Customer Connect

GFL's Fluoro Connect in Bharuch draws 70 chemical industry leaders for application-focused dialogue

Omya wins exclusive BASF Elastollan TPU rights across France, North Africa, Israel and Middle East

IIM grad's Rs 3.5 billion Vinni Chemicals quietly became India's OEM fuel additives backbone