Energy & Feedstocks Rally
8Phthalic Anhydride extends global rally as Asian CFR prices climb again
8Naphtha surges across Japan and Europe as benchmark values jump sharply
8Butadiene prices diverge globally as Asia rallies and Rotterdam weakens slightly
8Crude oil rallies as Brent and WTI strengthen across global benchmarks
8Ethylene prices surge across global markets as Asian benchmarks lead gains
8Propylene prices strengthen globally with Europe recording the sharpest weekly gains
Polyolefins Market Watch
8HDPE HM prices hold firm as Asian benchmarks remain unchanged globally
8HDPE Raffia edges higher as Far East Asia leads regional gains
8HDPE Injection splits globally as Europe tumbles and Asia inches higher
8HDPE Blow Moulding markets diverge as Europe falls and US Gulf jumps
8HDPE Film prices strengthen across Asia while Europe remains under pressure
8HDPE Pipe prices remain steady as global benchmarks show no movement
8LDPE Lamination prices stay unchanged as Qatar market holds firm
8LDPE Heavy Duty edges higher only in India while others stay flat
8LDPE Injection strengthens across Asia as buying momentum gathers pace
8LDPE Film markets split as Asia firms and Europe retreats sharply
8LDPE Milk Pouch prices remain stable with only India posting gains
8LLDPE Rotomoulding gains in India and Bangladesh while others stay unchanged
8LLDPE Injection advances selectively as South Asian markets post fresh gains
8LLDPE Metallocene prices remain steady across all tracked international markets
8LLDPE Film firms in South Asia as Europe extends its decline
Polypropylene Market Pulse
8PP Copolymer edges higher as US Gulf market extends upward momentum
8PP Raffia prices strengthen across Asia as regional demand gathers pace
8PP BOPP prices rally across Asia with Sri Lanka leading gains
8PP Random Copolymer prices climb steadily across key Asian export hubs
8PP Block Copolymer markets diverge as Southeast Asia posts steep correction
8PP Film prices advance across Asia despite persistent European weakness
8PP Injection strengthens globally as Europe remains the lone weak spot
Engineering Plastics & Specialty Polymers
8PVC Suspension prices climb across Asia while Europe extends sharp decline
8PS EPS prices soften in Europe as Korean benchmark remains unavailable
8PS GPPS prices strengthen globally despite fresh weakness in Northwest Europe
8PS HIPS prices advance across Asia as Europe continues to soften
8ABS Injection prices stay firm despite selective gains across Asian markets
8SAN prices remain unchanged as Korean and Taiwanese markets stay steady
8EVA prices remain unchanged across major Asian benchmark markets
Vinyls & Polyester Chain Watch
8PET Bottle Grade markets diverge as US Gulf retreats and Asia firms
8EDC prices remain unchanged across all major international benchmark markets
8VCM prices stay flat globally as US Gulf slips modestly

8US Gulf ethane and LNG continue to dominate India's west-coast import line-up
8India continues two-way trade in sulphuric acid as exports and imports run in parallel
8Fertilizer feedstock movements stay constrained as Haldia's HOJ-III shutdown continues
8New styrene, MMA, aniline and LAB cargoes strengthen the chemical import pipeline

8Honeywell completes its £1.325 billion acquisition of Johnson Matthey's catalyst business
8New York sues 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva over PFAS contamination
8European Commission accuses construction-chemicals companies of coordinating price increases
8Clariant contests Dow Europe's €1.1 billion ethylene-cartel damages claim
8Saudi Arabia's Alujain and Beaulieu form polypropylene fibre joint venture
8LG Chem consolidates Korean petrochemical operations amid Chinese oversupply
8Researchers develop lignin-based epoxy interface that significantly strengthens carbon-fibre composites

8China's top producers push through mid-July acrylate and monomer price hikes
8South Korea extends anti-dumping duty on Chinese butyl acrylate as surplus cargoes seek new markets
8Hormuz disruption drives refining margins to $30 a barrel, lifting petrochemical economics
8Argentina awards MAIRE a €1.3 billion EPC contract for a 2.1 million TPA urea complex
8China's Hubei Songshi starts electrolyte-additive plant, challenging a long-held German monopoly

8BPCL invites Indian makers to manufacture its refinery catalysts on a 10-year tie-up
8BPCL reopens its Kochi polypropylene composite-works bidding
8BPCL extends its Bina cracker-project coalescer tender a sixth time
8Flowmore wins BPCL’s Bina process-pump package with a 35% undercut
8Petronet LNG awards its Dahej PDH-PP laboratory package at Rs 113 crore

8India reopens its textiles PLI for man-made fibre at lower thresholds — and drops cotton from the plan
8Odisha claims nearly Rs 2 lakh crore of chemical and petrochemical investment in two years
8Godrej Agrovet opens a Rs 300 crore integrated oil-palm complex in Telangana
8India Chem 2026 is set for Mumbai in October, the industry pitched at $300 billion by 2030

8Natural rubber at a 15-year high puts the whole tyre-input chain under strain
8A PESO ban is forcing India's mining-explosives chain onto electronic initiation chemistry
8The EU's deforestation rule is reaching Indian palm-fed oleochemicals — and glycerine's inverted duty is on the lobbying table
8Pipe-line and film-line orders stall as Jal Jeevan spending slows — a leading indicator for polymer demand
8India's fab build-out opens a high-purity chemicals race — wet chemicals, photoresists, sputtering targets

8India Glycols wins NCLT sanction for its three-way split — 1:1 for spirits, 1:3 for biopharma
8Indag Rubber’s profit rebounds 47%, but ICRA’s Negative outlook, a Nigerian oil stake and a battery bet complicate the story
8Sumitomo Chemical India could house its parent’s India fab-chemicals venture, a broker argues
8GHCL draws an unsolicited CRISIL ESG score
8A Rs 1.58 crore GST demand on JSW Dulux is annulled on appeal
8Atul hands over its pharmaceuticals vertical leadership

8CEAT’s consolidated profit crashes 96% to Rs 4 crore as rubber and crude costs surge
8Rossari Biotech grows revenue 28% but profit only 4.5% — and clears its Unitop related-party deal
8Tatva Chintan’s profit jumps 140% as SDA demand rebounds — and it breaks ground at Dahej-III
8Rallis India’s profit climbs 31% on a B2C push and a burst of new launches
8Tinna Rubber’s Q1 profit jumps 83% on an in-house manufacturing tilt — and it floats a Chilean feedstock arm
8Alkali Metals swings to a Q1 loss as exports collapse and power costs jump 62%
8Kabra Extrusiontechnik slips to an FY26 loss as pipe-and-film machinery demand softens
8Neogen Chemicals will weigh a fund-raising alongside its Q1 results on 24 July
8Bhansali Engineering Polymers declares a 100% interim dividend on its strong Q1
8Q1 results and earnings calls cluster through late July

8Factory gassing deaths decline as Centre leaves plant safety enforcement to states
8Factory prosecutions nearly double, but imprisonment falls to zero amid patchy state reporting
8Government says chemicals funds are fully utilised as urea production reaches 293 LMT

8Chemplast Sanmar's Karaikal EDC plant placed under prohibition order after fire
8Dow shuts 750,000 TPA Freeport PDH unit for maintenance
8Mitsubishi Chemical prepares end-July restart of Kashima phenol plant

8Linde India enters its 90th AGM under a qualified audit opinion as Praxair related-party dispute remains unresolved
8Minority shareholders reject Linde India's ?417.70 crore Praxair related-party transaction ceiling ahead of AGM
8Solar Industries delivers record FY26 performance powered by defence business growth
8Failed shareholder resolutions still seat two Solar Industries independent directors under amended SEBI LODR rules
8Godrej Industries acknowledges reliance on investment-sale profits as standalone earnings weaken
8Godrej Industries expands chemicals business despite higher debt and shrinking standalone profitability
8Independent director resigns from G M Polyplast, leaving key board committee vacancy

Aromatics & Solvents
8Maleic Anhydride prices hold near monthly highs in China market
8Acetone prices remain firm near one-month highs in China
8Phenol prices strengthen as China market maintains upward momentum
8Toluene prices rally above monthly highs across China FOB market
8Benzene prices surge to fresh monthly high in China market
8Aniline prices extend powerful rally to fresh monthly high
Industrial & Inorganic Chemicals
8Phosphorus Yellow prices continue recovery across China FOB market
8Soda Ash prices remain subdued amid weak China market conditions
8Titanium Dioxide prices stay under pressure across China market
8Sulphuric Acid prices remain stable above recent monthly levels
Plasticizers & Chemical Intermediates
8Adipic Acid prices jump to fresh monthly high in China
8DOP prices ease after recent rally across China FOB market
82-Ethylhexanol prices extend recovery across China FOB market
Feedstocks & Oxygenates
8Ethylene Glycol DEG prices strengthen on sustained China market gains
8Acetic Acid prices hold firm near monthly highs in China
8Ethylene Oxide prices maintain recovery across China FOB market
Chlor-Alkali Chain
8Chloroform prices remain steady as China market holds recent gains

8Reactive Dye Black WNN climbs to fresh monthly high after steady Ahmedabad gains
8Viscose Filament reaches fresh monthly high as Ahmedabad market extends steady rally
8Nylon Yarn DTY hits fresh monthly high after sustained Ahmedabad market gains

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8Sulphuric acid
8Zinc sulphate
Industrial & Specialty Gases
8Calibration gas mixtures
8Carbon dioxide
8Hydrogen gas
8Nitrogen gas
Specialty & Treatment Chemicals
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8Cyclohexane
8Demulsifier
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No polymer price moved today — but even a flat price can tell you about margins.
8ABS holds firm, quietly helped by weaker styrene
8PVC stays steady as its EDC feedstock is unchanged
8PP holds flat on a quiet propylene market

Phenol and acetone are made together, so today's gap shows the demand is on the acetone side.
8Acetone jumps while its co-product phenol stays flat
8Phenol holds steady as demand stays on the acetone side
8MEK consolidates after a mid-week dip

Most prices are steady. Only two small moves today.
8n-Butanol eases while its sister alcohol 2-EH holds
8IPA holds its recent gains as solvent demand stays firm
8MEG stays quiet as the polyester chain sends mixed signals
8DEG edges up on firmer bulk import offers

Methanol jump is fading, but acetic acid and ethyl acetate are now rising instead.
8Methanol steadies after a sharp Monday jump
8Acetic Acid firms on stronger bulk import offers, pulling ethyl acetate up
8Ethyl Acetate extends recovery across the western domestic market
8VAM holds firm after last week's strong rally

Maleic anhydride is rising on resin demand, but DOP has not followed, so makers' margins are widening.
8Maleic Anhydride extends a sharp weekly rally on resin restocking
8DOP holds flat while maleic anhydride firms around it
82-Ethylhexanol steadies after its mid-month gains
8Phthalic Anhydride edged up in thin trade

All these products fell together in June. Now they are moving apart — benzene up, styrene stuck, xylenes weak.
8Benzene firms for a third straight week as import parity rebounds, tightening styrene margins
8Styrene stays weak while feedstock benzene climbs
8Toluene slips to a discount against benzene, reopening conversion economics
8Mixed Xylene lags the whole complex on soft gasoline-blending demand
8Orthoxylene keeps falling even as phthalic anhydride firms
8Paraxylene pulls away from raw xylene on steady polyester demand

8India's fertilizer chain runs right through it
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8NRL has assigned 68% of the grouped package value to the agitator system and only 32% to the reactor vessel. That weighting signals that mixing performance, drive reliability, sealing and control integration matter more than the pressure shell alone. The commercial split could determine which global suppliers are genuinely capable of leading the package.

8The real competition will begin only after EIL tests whether all four bidders can carry the package’s execution burden.

8An eastern-coast hub is positioning itself against the established western bases.