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Hurricane Ida Provides Another Shock To Fragile Petrochemical Inventories
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PET Supplies Range from Tight to Short to Balanced to Long. Where Are You?
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Synthetic Resins & Intermediates In The Circular Economy: A SWOT Analysis
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Outages and Raw Materials Shortages Keep Isocyanates Under Pressure
The North American MDI market continues to be disrupted due to raw material shortages and prices are still firming. Lack of supply availability, even...
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Developing Renewable Polycarbonates: A Balancing Act
There are limited developments and commercialisation in the field of plant-based polycarbonates due to the complicated technical properties of the...
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Maleic Anhydride Markets Boom As Global Economy Roars Back To Life
After suffering one of the worst downturns in living memory in 2020, the global economy has started clawing its way back this year. In the US, the...
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Polyamide Markets at Mid-Year – What’s Happened and What’s Ahead
Following the widespread disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, you could forgive polyamide market participants for thinking 2021 would...
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Ethylene Oxide, Glycols & Derivatives: What is happening in Europe and the US?
Good demand, but mainly supply limitations of ethylene oxide and derivatives have created unusual volatility and historically high prices for glycols...
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Engineering Thermoplastics: Calming Markets or More Chaos Ahead?
After the tumultuous start to 2021, engineering thermoplastics market participants were expecting a return to more representative activity starting...
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Uncertainties on supply and demand globally has positioned the chlor-alkali industry in a challenging circumstance. As recent market disruptions such...
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OrbiChem360: ChemExpert The Keystone to Effective Budgeting During Periods of Uncertainty As the global chemical market evolves and adapts to meet...
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Isocyanates - Supply Outages Continue to Disrupt the Markets
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