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DATA DIVE: EU chemicals industry may have bigger problems than carbon costs

Published 20:00 on February 10, 2026 / Last updated at 20:00 on February 10, 2026 / and / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Data Dives), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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The EU's chemicals industry is in the limelight as it ramps up its demands on the European Commission to alleviate carbon costs ahead of a major overhaul of the bloc's emissions trading market in Q3 – but high energy prices, ageing assets, and increasing output from other countries appear to be the main culprits behind the sector's woes.
The EU's chemicals industry is in the limelight as it ramps up its demands on the European Commission to alleviate carbon costs ahead of a major overhaul of the bloc's emissions trading market in Q3 – but high energy prices, ageing assets, and increasing output from other countries appear to be the main culprits behind the sector's woes.


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