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Supply and demand fundamentals are the main drivers for the global acetyls industry, and moving into the fourth quarter most of the attention is focused squarely on production outages and other supply-side limitations. Some production problems have...
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After a pleasant and stable summer, epoxy resins prices have started to creep up again in all regions. Supply remains snug; the whole value chain is...
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The US Gulf Coast petrochemical industry was still feeling some lingering effects from Winter Storm Uri in February, and another weather-related...
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Supply limitations, logistic constraints and varying demand patterns have created different scenarios for PET in each region. The South American...
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Covid-19 has changed everything. We don’t work, play or study in the same way we used to and the destruction that has followed in its wake will...
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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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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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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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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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Good demand, but mainly supply limitations of ethylene oxide and derivatives have created unusual volatility and historically high prices for glycols...
