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 Chemicals & Raw Materials
2¾h ago: MP Materials advancing US mine-to-magnet chain with GM validation. IEA notes uneven diversification in critical minerals. Riversgold mine proposal in Australia. IOL Chemicals ibuprofen capacity expansion. India aluminium and organic chemicals export growth. Battery chemistry shifts reducing cobalt/nickel reliance.

8¾h @roblun1 MP Materials Mountain Pass to Texas magnets, GM validating for EV motors.

13h @IEA Most new critical minerals spending outside China is mining only, refining lags.

6¾h @punitbansal14 IOL Chemicals expanding ibuprofen API capacity to 18k MTPA, new CDMO facility.

9¾h @DoC_GoI India strong aluminium alloys and organic chemicals exports to South Korea.

 Optogenetics researchers win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  - Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel receive the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics

 Opec+ to keep output targets steady in November  - London, 4 October (Argus) — A core group of seven Opec+ producers have agreed to keep their crude production quotas unchanged in November, as the US-Iran war continues to disrupt supplies from several members. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman said after their monthly...

 Brazil's presidential election heads to runoff
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 "BEYOND": Air Liquide accelerates lasting value creation with new strategic plan for 2030

 ERP System Transforms Growing Injection Molder's Operations

 CDMO Trends Move Pharma Packaging Upstream

 Renowned Polymer Scientist Raymond Pearson Passes Away
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Linde Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings and Conference Call Schedule

 Kuwait's KPC cuts Oct sulphur price by $45/t  - London, 5 October (Argus) — Kuwait's state-owned sulphur producer KPC has set the October Kuwait Sulphur Price (KSP) at $820/t fob Kuwait, down by $45/t from $865/t fob in September. Freight rates were last assessed at $150-160/t for a 30,000-35,000t shipment to Chinese ports on 1 October from Middle...

 Returning Saudi supply may temper term pricing

 The Evolving PFAS Regulatory Landscape: Video Overview  - IDTechEx analyst Matthew Fall covers the regulatory landscape for PFAS, in addition to current and emerging treatment technologies.