Sasol to invest €60 million to expand its Brunsbüttel plant in Germany – Global News Digest, 8 Jun 2026

Building & Betting Big

Kuwait's PIC invites bids to study a new downstream polypropylene project

India's Praj Industries explores an ethanol plant in Mexico

Kamdhenu Paints opens a premium experience centre in Delhi

Sasol to invest €60 million to expand its Brunsbüttel plant in Germany

Deals & Tie-Ups

Elessent Clean Technologies ties up with Hyderabad's Thermal Systems

Toray to sell its stake in Soda Aromatic to South Korea's Samyang

Reading the Room

India's big packaging makers stay upbeat on FY27 despite the West Asia squeeze on costs

Goldman Sachs warns of a deeper downturn for Europe's chemical industry

Japan's chemical industry struggles with high costs and weak demand

Dow and Celanese pull back in the West as China expands

From the Lab

Researchers find a low-cost way to turn waste plastic into jet fuel

Singapore's NTU develops a solvent-free way to recycle mixed plastic

Off the Beaten Track

Thieves steal $150,000 worth of farm chemicals in the US

Goodyear to build the tyres for NASA's return to the Moon