8Viscose filament prices in India extend gains, trading near recent highs
8Nylon yarn DTY prices in India climb to a fresh recent high

8HDPE E52009 prices hold at Rs 158 per kg in Mumbai market
8HDPE F5400 assessed at Rs 161 per kg in Ahmedabad market
8EVA 18% prices steady at Rs 165 per kg in Delhi market
8EVA 18% prices hold at Rs 165 per kg in Ahmedabad market

8A major fertilizer capacity hike is back before the EAC, wrapped in regulatory consolidation and debottlenecking language.

8Textile Exchange's new study covers the region producing over half the world's virgin PET and adds fresh data on thermomechanical and chemical recycling, with a human-rights overlay. For Indian polyester and PET exporters selling into audited Western supply chains, these become the numbers buyers quote overnight.

8The 600,000-tonne propylene oxide unit at Penglai is back after 46 days, with Chinese PO near RMB 9,100 a tonne and a slide toward RMB 8,800 in prospect as supply rebuilds. India's polyether polyol and PU foam chain prices off the Chinese marker — softer PO lands directly in import parity within weeks.

8May's official data show chemical raw materials prices up 12.7% on the year, but the month-on-month signs flipped — oil extraction swung from +24.1% to -1.8% and refined products turned negative. For Indian importers negotiating Q2 contracts against “costs are up” arguments, the inflection is the actionable line.

8Ukrainian drones set fires at Tolyattikauchuk — supplier of roughly a quarter of Russia's synthetic rubber — and at a Nizhnekamsk facility on 12 June, the second strike on the Tolyatti complex since April. For Indian tyre and rubber-goods makers leaning on imported PBR and butyl grades, repeat strikes on Russian rubber capacity are now a supply-and-price variable, not a headline.

8Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether rose Rs 7 to Rs 245/kg — up Rs 115 in three months, from Rs 130 to a yearly record without a single sharp correction. The steadiest bull trend in the domestic chemicals tape, with support now at Rs 238.

8Methyl ethyl ketone fell another Rs 12 this week to Rs 188/kg, down from Rs 315 a month ago and a yearly peak of Rs 410. A 40% collapse in four weeks after a parabolic run is a deflating squeeze, and the widening trading ranges say holders are still rushing the exit.

8Toluene in Kandla jumped Rs 4 to Rs 105.50/kg (up Rs 32.50 in three months), cyclohexane rose Rs 6 to Rs 113, MIBK gained Rs 5 to Rs 139 and trichloroethylene Rs 5 to Rs 115. Four crude-linked solvents moving together is the Middle East premium passing through Indian spot markets in real time.

8FY26 consolidated revenue inched up to Rs 3,238 crore while PAT rose to Rs 543 crore, with Q4 profit up about 11.6% — a margin-and-mix year, not a volume one. The related-party annexure holds a quiet detail: exports to Sumitomo Brazil now exceed sales to the Japanese parent itself.

8The new line targets high-speed, digital and UV printing applications and ramps progressively over coming months. A margin-mix play from India's largest carbon black maker — landing in the same quarter its Q4 profit fell nearly 60%.

8Astral Chemie takes 60% of Differentiated & Sustainable Solutions LLP, a 5,200 MT specialty polyamines, bismaleimides and benzoxazines maker serving electronics, aerospace and defence. The target's turnover halved to Rs 3.2 crore in FY26 — a technology and import-substitution bet, closing by 31 August.

8The company claims global-first commercial-scale production of ethyl trifluoroacetate on its continuous flow platform, launched 11 June into the US, Japan and other markets. The fluorinated building block addresses a $500–600 million global market across pharma and performance materials.

8Public institutions voted 50.69% against Girish Vanvari's second five-year term — 1.68 crore votes against versus 1.63 crore for — and the special resolution passed at 95.16% only because the promoters' 26.49 crore shares went 100% in favour. Fellow director Gopal Malpani drew just 9% institutional opposition, making the targeted dissent the question to put to the proxy advisors.

8Nilima Boob's 58 lakh shares went to the Alaknanda Boob Business Trust on 8 June, and Asha Boob has disclosed a pending gift of 1.01 crore shares that will take her personal stake from 10.38% to 0.88%. Nearly 15% of the specialty chemicals maker is being re-housed into family trusts — and Non-Executive Director Sanjay Kothari quit two days into the process.

8Kansai Nerolac took a Rs 44.72 crore exceptional charge and Sumitomo Chemical India Rs 15.19 crore, both flowing from the four Labour Codes notified on 21 November 2025 that consolidated 29 labour laws. Sumitomo's notes say it is still waiting on Central and State rules — meaning more charges are coming across corporate India, and these filings are the early map.

8The first full-year FY26 annual report from a top-four paint maker shows the incumbent squeeze in print — 3.2% growth, margins down 30 bps despite stable raw materials, and a risk section that formally admits new entrants are bringing pricing pressure. The defensive playbook is visible too: zero debt, Nerofix folded into the parent, and a retreat to the industrial-coatings moat where GST 2.0 is doing the heavy lifting.

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Inorganic Chemicals
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8Rock Phosphate
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8Ethyl Mercaptan
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8Corrosion Inhibitor
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8Hydrogen Gas (99.999%)
8Nitrogen Gas (99.999%)
Petrochemicals, Catalysts
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Footprint: Exits And Expansions
8Sold for Rs 5.25 lakh: Kansai Nerolac walks away from Sri Lanka at a token price
8Som Distilleries' UP brewery goes live: The northern push gets its own plant
The Taxman & The Courts
8Styrenix wins at ITAT: Rs 17-crore transfer pricing addition wiped out for AY 2021-22
8JK Tyre pays the stamp duty on its Cavendish merger but will fight the Rs 4 crore sting
The Green Power Push
8Nearly half renewable: Kansai Nerolac's BRSR shows 47.6% green electricity and emissions a quarter below baseline
8GACL writes its fifth cheque for captive green power: Rs 32 crore more into the Cleanmax SPV
Promoters Buy And Sell
8Quiet accumulation at Daikaffil: promoter Mikusu adds 13,092 shares from the open market
8Promoters trim at Shubham Polyspin: Somanis sell 91,927 shares to take holding down to 51.15%
Routine Capital Housekeeping
8EID Parry allots 29,650 ESOP shares: paid-up capital ticks up to Rs 17.80 crore
8IOL Chemicals goes looking for its missing shareholders before the IEPF clock runs out
8JK Tyre publishes its last call: unclaimed shares head for the IEPF demat account
Signals To The Street
8Rs 2.50 a share on the table: Kansai Nerolac calls its 106th AGM for 9 July with a smaller headline payout
8Privi courts the Street: a Mahad plant visit on 19 June with a Rs 3,900 target in the air
8India Ratings turns positive on Gravita: IND AA affirmed on Rs 150 crore of facilities
Pats On The Back
8Associated Alcohols picks up the Madhya Pradesh best employer award in Indore

Alcohols and solvents
8Octanol holds Rs 136 near its highs as the six-month rally pauses
8Benzyl alcohol grinds to Rs 286, one rupee at a time, with the year's high in sight
8EGMEA steadies at Rs 153 after a Rs 12 fortnight shakeout
Intermediates and specialty chemicals
8Acrylic acid gives back Rs 10 as the Rs 130 rally finally meets gravity
8Wet slurry claws back Rs 5 in Mumbai but stays below last month's level
Polymers and engineering plastics
8PVC sits still at Rs 89 in Ahmedabad — And stillness is the story
8Polystyrene flatlines at Rs 183 — Consolidation after a Rs 19 three-month slide
Refrigerants and fluorochemicals
8R404A whipsaws Rs 20 lower in peak summer: the refrigerant trade turns tactical

Dealmaking & Boardroom Moves
8Mitsui buys Ultradent for $900 million: a chemicals major puts its growth bet on teeth
8Cosmo First elevates Piyush Gupta to run its speciality chemicals bet
Industry Under Pressure
8Hengli's sanctions pivot: China's 400,000 bpd independent goes shopping in West Africa
8Dow's quiet 4,500: over 100 more jobs go at Seadrift as the workforce reset rolls on
8Freepoint shutters America's flagship pyrolysis plant: chemical recycling's reckoning goes public
Greener, Circular Chemistry
8PureCycle and Innovia crack 40% recycled content in white BOPP: the candy-aisle film goes circular
8ARLANXEO goes all-in on certified chlorine: chloroprene rubber's carbon footprint drops 20%
The Battery-Hydrogen Frontier
8Aquatech to build North America's largest direct lithium extraction unit in Saskatchewan
8Watching platinum rust in real time: DESY's X-ray breakthrough targets the cost of hydrogen
Digital R&D & Scale-Up
8The chemical industry's AI-lab moment gets its own conference: AUTOMA Chem 2026 in Berlin
8Xytel India pitches modular pilot plants as the scale-up shortcut for the energy transition
Tyre Wars Heat Up
8Giti breaks into the global tyre top ten: fastest-growing brand at $1.47 billion
The Regulator Knocks
8Haryana pollution board moves on Ballabhgarh rubber units: the CTO crackdown reaches the NCR belt
From The Lab
8A polyurea coating that survives 1,800 hours of UV: the outdoor metal-protection gap closes
8Bentonite clay gives starch packaging a 30-month shelf life: bio-coatings' ageing problem meets a cheap fix

The Cycle Question
8IEEFA's verdict on Shell Monaca: Pennsylvania's petrochemical renaissance never happened
8The chemical cycle is broken: the LyondellBasell thesis that says the bottom is structural
The Recycling Reckoning
8PureCycle raises $395 million at $8.21 a share: recycling tech is now funded by the market, not cash flow
8TNO's Möbius dissolution: the Dutch answer for the plastics mechanical recycling can't touch
8Recycling is a systems problem: a packaging sustainability chief on why design alone can't close the loop
Compliance As A Product
8Finland's cellulose film matches plastic: and the EU's packaging rules are the reason it might scale
8Evonik's compliance play: mass-balance peracetic acid and 95%-pure siloxanes aimed straight at EU rules
ESG Under The Microscope
8Rain Carbon's sustainability report says circularity: its emissions table says up for the second year running
Pivots & New Frontiers
8From coal tar to battery anodes: Rain Carbon's Hamilton lab is the pivot to watch
8Protiva picks SDC International to push bio-based textile colorants into India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Fibre & Feedstock Watch
8India's cotton import tap tightens: WASDE projects imports nearly halving in 2026/27

Energy and Feedstocks
8Crude oil prices retreat globally as Brent and WTI lose weekly momentum
8Naphtha prices diverge across Japan and Europe as weekly market shifts emerge
8Ethylene prices fall across major markets as weekly feedstock pressure deepens
8Propylene prices show mixed global moves as Asia weakens and India rises
HDPE and Polyethylene
8HDPE HM prices soften across Asian markets as weekly declines deepen
8HDPE raffia prices fall across major markets as weekly pressure builds
8HDPE injection prices drop sharply across regions as global demand weakens
8HDPE blow moulding prices decline across markets as weekly weakness spreads
8HDPE film prices slip globally as international markets extend weekly losses
8HDPE pipe prices ease in Asia as weekly market sentiment softens
LDPE and LLDPE Markets
8LDPE film prices weaken globally as regional markets show broad declines
8LDPE heavy duty prices show mixed movement as Asian markets soften
8LDPE injection prices remain steady in Korea and India while others fall
8LDPE milk pouch prices stay stable in key markets but soften elsewhere
8LDPE lamination prices hold steady in Qatar as weekly trends stay flat
8LLDPE film prices slide worldwide as weekly market weakness gathers momentum
8LLDPE injection prices fall across global markets as weekly pressure rises
8LLDPE rotomoulding prices decline across regions as global markets lose pace
8LLDPE metallocene prices remain steady across global markets this week
PP, PVC and Styrenics
8PP copolymer prices drop in the US Gulf as weekly sentiment weakens
8PP raffia prices stay mostly steady while select Asian markets soften
8PP BOPP prices show mixed trends as regional markets ease selectively
8PP random copolymer prices hold steady across key Asian markets today
8PP block copolymer prices soften selectively as regional markets turn cautious
8PP film prices show mixed movement as Asian markets ease selectively
8PP injection prices weaken in export markets while Asian levels stay mixed
8PVC suspension prices decline across global markets as weekly pressure intensifies
8PS EPS prices fall in Europe as global comparison remains limited
8PS GPPS prices decline across regions as international markets weaken further
8PS HIPS prices soften globally as Europe and US Gulf retreat
8ABS injection prices mostly hold steady while Europe records a decline
8SAN prices remain unchanged across South Korea and Taiwan this week
Intermediates and Specialty Chemicals
8Phthalic anhydride prices hold steady across key international markets as weekly comparisons unfold
8Butadiene prices slide across global markets as weekly sentiment turns weaker
8EVA prices decline in Korea and Thailand while Saudi levels hold
8PET bottle grade prices stay steady globally while regional exceptions emerge
8EDC prices decline in Europe and Southeast Asia while others hold
8VCM prices fall across all tracked markets as weekly weakness spreads