Packaging

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A pile of crumpled clear plastic containers and bottles is scattered in the lower half of the image against a solid blue background.
  • August 12, 2026

How Will the EU’s New Packaging Regulation Impact Brazil?

Insight Focus EU packaging rules reshape requirements for Brazilian ex...

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A top-down view of several rows of unopened aluminium cans arranged closely together, showing the pull tabs and circular tops in a neat, repetitive pattern. The image is in black and white.
  • June 10, 2026

Aluminium Prices Tighten Ex-China, Softer China

Insight Focus Aluminium markets strengthened in May. LME prices reachi...

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Clear plastic water bottles with white caps are lined up on an automated conveyor belt in a factory setting, suggesting a bottling or packaging process. The image has a cool blue tint.
  • June 1, 2026

PET Market “Normalisation” Sits in The Eye of An Oil Storm

Insight Focus Over the past month, PET pricing did start to look more ...

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Rows of clear containers are filled with small, uniform blue plastic pellets, closely packed together and viewed from above.
  • May 26, 2026

Raw Material Shortage Threatens Plastics Industry in Brazil

Insight Focus Resin prices have surged 70% since the Middle East confl...

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Shiny metal ice cream moulds are stacked in rows on a metal rack, viewed at an angle in a brightly lit industrial setting with a cool blue tone.
  • May 8, 2026

Aluminium Markets Tighten as Prices, Premiums and Risks Surge

Insight Focus The global aluminium market tightened sharply this month...

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A person’s hand is picking up a plastic water bottle from a shelf stocked with similar bottles in a brightly lit shop aisle.
  • May 1, 2026

Volatility Squeezes PET Supply as Security Becomes Key Advantage

Insight Focus PET supply is tightening under growing global pressures....

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A close-up view of a transparent plastic bottle with a blue cap moving through an automated machine in a factory setting.
  • April 28, 2026

Global PET Markets Diverge as Feedstock Volatility Meets Uneven Demand

Insight Focus Global PET markets over the past month were shaped by vo...

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Large rolls of shiny metal sheets are stacked in rows at an industrial facility. Some rolls have numbers and markings written on their surfaces.
  • April 20, 2026

Brazil Protects Aluminium Market Amid War-Driven Global Disruptions

  Insight Focus Aluminium prices have surged on Middle East tensi...

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Metal cans move along a diagonal conveyor belt in a factory setting, reflecting blue-tinted industrial lighting and surrounded by stainless steel machinery.
  • April 10, 2026

Outages at Gulf Smelters Push Aluminium Price Up

Insight Focus Aluminium fundamentals have clearly tightened over the p...

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Close-up of an automated machine forming transparent plastic bottles, with robotic arms and mechanical components visible in an industrial setting.
  • April 2, 2026

Clarity Needed as PET Market Pressures Intensify

Insight Focus The PET supply chain is becoming less predictable. Geopo...

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Five silver soda cans viewed from above are grouped together on the left side of a light grey textured surface, with condensation visible on the cans. The right side of the image is empty.
  • March 13, 2026

Persistent Tightness Likely in Aluminium Market

Prices Surge to Four Year Highs Aluminium prices climbed sharply over ...

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A close-up view of many empty, clear plastic water bottles piled together, creating a textured and repeating pattern with their ridged surfaces and open bottle necks.
  • March 4, 2026

Iran Conflict Set to Push Up Plastic Packaging Prices

Insight Focus After the US attack on Iran over the weekend, WTI crude ...

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