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Exxon to permanently shut one steam cracker in Singapore from March: Sources

Exxon has in the past two years gradually scaled down term contract volumes with customers in Singapore.
Exxon has in the past two years gradually scaled down term contract volumes with customers in Singapore.

Pope's prayers renew hopes for justice for Beirut port blast victims

Pope Leo XIV holds a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool
Pope Leo XIV holds a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, during his first apostolic journey, in Beirut, Lebanon December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool

EU Parliament adopts new toy safety rules

The new rules set a 4½-year transition period to ban the sale in the EU of toys containing chemicals particularly harmful to children.
The new rules set a 4½-year transition period to ban the sale in the EU of toys containing chemicals particularly harmful to children.

Data centre test bed powered by green energy among new projects to fuel Jurong Island’s green push

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said the industrial island must reinvent itself to stay competitive and relevant.
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said the industrial island must reinvent itself to stay competitive and relevant.

Jurong Island to host S’pore’s largest green data centre park; 10% of land set aside for new energies

The land areas set aside for new energies are largely in the emptier south-west and north-west of the island.
The land areas set aside for new energies are largely in the emptier south-west and north-west of the island.

EU weighs ban on ethanol used in hand sanitisers over cancer fears: Financial Times

A medical team administers hand sanitiser to a resident of the Basque town of Azpeitia, Spain, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo
A medical team administers hand sanitiser to a resident of the Basque town of Azpeitia, Spain, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo

Jurong Island oil and gas firms making green shift as sector decarbonises

Decarbonisation is a key part of Singapore’s growth strategy for the energy and chemicals sector.
Decarbonisation is a key part of Singapore’s growth strategy for the energy and chemicals sector.

Fiery blaze seen in S’pore night sky on Oct 15 due to flaring at JB chemical plant: NEA

NEA said that the flaring was the result of recovery work following a power outage at one of Lotte Chemical Titan’s chemical plants.
NEA said that the flaring was the result of recovery work following a power outage at one of Lotte Chemical Titan’s chemical plants.

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may to rise, official says

Smoke rises from a building as fire broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Smoke rises from a building as fire broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

EU environment boss tests positive for ‘toxic’ forever chemicals

Ms Jessika Roswall tested positive for six of the 13 PFAS screened for, including three considered toxic for reproductive health.
Ms Jessika Roswall tested positive for six of the 13 PFAS screened for, including three considered toxic for reproductive health.

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