OCI's melamine sales have declined again

Mixed trends in energy costs in Europe, North America and Asia are now culminating in ever-greater variations in the prices of several upstream products used by the wood-based panel and surface industry. Central European manufacturers have to pass much higher natural gas, electricity and raw material costs onto their...

The European chemical industry is curbing its output more and more in the wake of the upturn in natural gas prices, which has accelerated even more since the end of June 2022. Cutbacks in the fertiliser sector are especially severe at the moment, as manufacturers have failed to secure higher prices based on spiralling...

Two melamine manufacturers and eight converters from the resin and wood-based panel industry have filed separate cases seeking to end the inclusion of melamine in the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC), a move that happened in January 2023 in connection with the REACH regulation. The defendant in the cases...