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8All hell is likely to break loose when the tender opens tomorrow, it seems

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Deals & Stake Moves
8Huntsman to sell its Italian automotive-aftermarket business to Sweden's Trelleborg for about €42.5 million
8BlackRock crosses the 3% mark in Belgian chemical maker Syensqo
The Recycling Push
8BlueAlp and KraussMaffei join hands to scale up plastic-to-oil recycling
8Recycling start-up GR3N raises €15.5 million to build a first-of-its-kind PET plant
Going Greener
8Ahlstrom switches Italian plants to biomethane to cut its carbon footprint
Pats on the Back
8Japan's AGC wins a sustainability award from agrochemical giant Syngenta
8LyondellBasell wins a Toyota award for plastics made from sea waste
Milestones
8Clariant marks 50 years of its Exolit flame retardants
Industry Watch
8McKinsey says the pulp and paper packaging industry must reset its costs

Deals & Restructuring
8Avro India to sell some of its plant and machinery to its wholly owned arm Avro Recycling, but the deal still needs shareholders' approval
8MOL secures the approval of its secured creditors, unsecured creditors and shareholders in three NCLT-convened meetings on its scheme of arrangement
Courtroom & Insolvency
8A company under insolvency moves closer to a resolution as the NCLT Chandigarh bench takes up the plea to approve its resolution plan
The Taxman & The Watchdog
8Apollo Tyres tells the exchanges it has received fresh tax orders under the GST law, with the details set out in annexures
8Bhageria Industries is pulled up by the exchange and asked to explain a sharp movement in the trading of its shares
Stake Moves & Shareholding Shuffles
8Mikusu India quietly raises its stake in Daikaffil Chemicals, buying shares from the open market on two days in a row
8Members of the promoter Tainwala family reshuffle their holding in Tainwala Chemicals & Plastics, filing four takeover-rule disclosures on the same day
8Meenakshi Mercantiles, part of the Saraogi promoter group, reports a change in its shareholding in Balrampur Chini Mills under the takeover rules
Boardroom Churn
8India Pesticides sees boardroom churn as more than one director steps down from its board
8Astec LifeSciences reports the resignation of a senior management person, the latest top-level exit at the agrochemical maker
8The term of independent director Vinay Kumar Sharma comes to an end at state-owned Hindustan Organic Chemicals
Products & New Bets
8Goodyear India puts a new tyre on the road, adding a fresh product to its line-up in the country
8Balrampur Chini Mills launches Bioyug Green Command 2026 to push India's bioplastics ecosystem
Boardroom Business & Disclosures
8Lords Chloro Alkali opens its books to investors, releasing both the transcript and the audio of its earnings call
8Aarti Industries allots 53,563 fresh equity shares to its employees under the Performance Stock Option Plan 2022
8Vinyl Chemicals (India), a Pidilite group company, declares the results of its 40th annual general meeting held over video conference

8The chemicals-to-packaging major reported 7% revenue growth for the March 2026 quarter. The steady result came even in a difficult market for chemicals.

8V.O. Chidambaranar Port has signed up with Germany’s H2Global to explore clean-fuel exports. The plan is to build the infrastructure to ship green hydrogen and its products to Europe.

8The global major is lifting butyl acrylate prices by up to $100 a tonne across Asia-Pacific. The increase takes effect immediately and will raise input costs for Indian users.

8Panipat Sugar Mill will invest about Rs 200 crore in a plant making 90,000 litres a day. The ethanol will go to Indian Oil’s Panipat refinery and other oil companies.

8The company has challenged an earlier NCLAT order before the country’s top court. The Supreme Court accepted its appeal for filing on 5 June, and a hearing date is awaited.

8Axis Mutual Fund has crossed a shareholding limit in Neogen Chemicals that must be reported. The change has now been disclosed to the stock exchange under the takeover rules.

8Asked by the exchange to explain the sharp move, the company says it is purely market-driven. It adds that management has no control over, or knowledge of, the reason.

8The company has received the last part of its insurance claim for the November 2023 fire. With this, it says all the losses from the accident are now fully covered.

8The Japanese tyre maker says its exports from India are nearing $1 billion a year and is planning matching investment. A new plant is coming up in Odisha, expected to start by FY28.

8The company’s subsidiary will buy 5 MW of renewable power for 15 years for its Dahej plant. It will also invest in the company that supplies the power, tying the site to clean energy.

8Mancozeb has climbed to Rs 230 a kg in Mumbai, up Rs 52 over three months. Prices have eased a little from last month but remain well above early-year levels.

8Rubber Accelerator TMTD is up Rs 140 a kg and PBR rubber up Rs 114 a kg from three months ago. The sharp rise adds fresh cost pressure for tyre and rubber makers.

8The chemical has fallen to Rs 31 a kg, well below the Rs 55 seen a month ago. The one-month drop of Rs 24 a kg points to clearly weak demand.

8VAM at Hazira has dropped to Rs 109 a kg, falling Rs 18 in a single week and Rs 62 over the past month. The sharp slide shows how weak the market has turned for the chemical.

8Israeli and Iranian strikes have hit petrochemical plants and pushed Brent crude back above $97 a barrel. Indian chemical and packaging makers, who lean on imported oil and naphtha, now fear costlier raw materials and tighter supply.

Solvents and aromatics
8Acetone market rebounds sharply: What’s driving the latest price recovery?
8Chloroform market firms up slightly: What’s behind the latest price rise?
8Phenol market holds weak: What’s keeping prices under pressure?
8Toluene market pushes higher: What’s driving the latest price gain?
8Benzene market edges higher: What’s behind the latest price uptick?
Petrochemical intermediates
8Maleic anhydride market edges higher: What’s behind the latest price uptick?
8Acetic acid market firms up slightly: What’s behind the latest price rise?
8Ethylene glycol/DEG market jumps higher: What’s driving the latest price rebound?
82-Ethylhexanol market climbs higher: What’s driving the latest price gain?
8Ethylene oxide market holds near recent lows: What’s keeping prices under pressure?
8Adipic acid market slides lower again: What’s behind the continued price drop?
8Aniline market tries to stabilise: What’s behind the latest price pause?
8DOP market remains weak: What’s keeping prices under pressure?
Inorganics and industrial chemicals
8Phosphorus yellow market turns higher: What’s behind the latest price uptick?
8Soda ash market slips lower: What’s behind the latest price dip?
8Sulphuric acid market extends its slide: What’s behind the latest price drop?
8Titanium dioxide market firms up slightly: What’s behind the latest price recovery?

8Find out why that is so

8This is not just a PPA supply tender. IOCL is effectively asking vendors to guarantee VG40 performance tank by tank, while absorbing correction-dosing exposure if the first treatment does not work. For executives, the bigger story is whether refinery chemical contracts are moving from supply-based pricing to certified-output risk.

Building & Betting Big
8Kuwait's PIC invites bids to study a new downstream polypropylene project
8India's Praj Industries explores an ethanol plant in Mexico
8Kamdhenu Paints opens a premium experience centre in Delhi
8Sasol to invest €60 million to expand its Brunsbüttel plant in Germany
Deals & Tie-Ups
8Elessent Clean Technologies ties up with Hyderabad's Thermal Systems
8Toray to sell its stake in Soda Aromatic to South Korea's Samyang
Reading the Room
8India's big packaging makers stay upbeat on FY27 despite the West Asia squeeze on costs
8Goldman Sachs warns of a deeper downturn for Europe's chemical industry
8Japan's chemical industry struggles with high costs and weak demand
8Dow and Celanese pull back in the West as China expands
From the Lab
8Researchers find a low-cost way to turn waste plastic into jet fuel
8Singapore's NTU develops a solvent-free way to recycle mixed plastic
Off the Beaten Track
8Thieves steal $150,000 worth of farm chemicals in the US
8Goodyear to build the tyres for NASA's return to the Moon

We have found requirements for 37 chemical products in bulk which you can sell:
Inorganic Chemicals
8Silica Gel
8Caustic Soda
8Toluene
8Isopropanol
8Hexane
8Acetic Acid
8Sodium Sulfite
8Non-Oxidizing Biocide
8Benzoic Acid
8Acetone
8Hydroquinone
8Morpholine
8Liquid Nitrogen
8Perchloric Acid
8Chlorobenzene
8Hydrated Lime
8Alumino Ferric
8Sulphuric Acid
8Ethanol
8Sodium Hydroxide (48%)
8Caustic Soda Flakes
8Ammonia Solution (25%)
8Liquid Chlorine
8Sodium Hypochlorite
8Dry Chemical Powder
8Alumina Castable Refractory
8Poly Aluminium Chloride
8Di-Ammonium Phosphate
8De-watering Polyelectrolyte
Industrial & Specialty Gases
8CO2 Gas
8N2 Gas
8UHP Argon Gas
8Oxygen Gas
8Nitrogen Gas
8Argon Gas
Petrochemicals, Catalysts
8Pre Reformer Catalyst
8High Temperature CO Shift Catalyst
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