Ring of Fire’ in the Pacific Ocean The multiple crises facing the global economy form a similar ‘Ring of Fire’ ...

China's economy has become more and more export-dependent in recent years. Since 2023, its exports have grown 30%, whilst its ...

HOUSTON (ICIS)–The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking a disturbance in the southern US Gulf with a high likelihood of becoming a named storm, but it is still too early to determine ...

HOUSTON (ICIS)–The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is projecting higher corn and soybean production but has left harvest acreage calculations unchanged in the October World Agricultural Supply and ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Oil prices rose on Thursday, with Brent crude trading at above $102/barrel, as renewed supply concerns stemming from Middle East tensions and US production outages overshadowed global ...

The agreement that the US and China reached on tariff reductions will cover few plastics and chemicals, most of which are limited to Chinese imports of oleochemicals from the US. Mexico’s chemical ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Sumitomo Chemical has achieved production-scale manufacturing of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) containing biomass-derived monomers, advancing the material closer to mass production, ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) are advancing talks for a proposed joint venture (JV) to combine their olefins and polyolefins businesses, the ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Flooding across Thailand has affected 1,267 industrial and business establishments in 40 provinces, with the economic toll likely to balloon over time. Economic damage could rise up ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–AkzoNobel will sell its southeast Asia decorative paints unit to Japan’s Nippon Paint for $1.35 billion as the Dutch coatings major sharpens its focus on core businesses and its ...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an estimated 9.95% year on year in the third quarter of 2026, accelerating from a revised 8.81% in the second quarter and 8.15% in the ...

HOUSTON (ICIS)–A court injunction in Brazil could prevent Braskem Idesa from securing all of the $486 million its majority shareholder would provide for its emergence from bankruptcy protection. The ...