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Isocyanates Markets Are Tight Once Again Due to Supply Disruptions
The historically cold winter storm that struck the US Gulf Coast mid-February led to widespread shutdowns of petrochemical facilities and oil...
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Outlook For the Orthoxylene & Phthalic Anhydride Market For 2021
The orthoxylene market has had a strong start to 2021, where the US and Europe have both seen healthy demand and prices have shown increases. Demand...
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PVC Supply Tightens, Sharply Sending Prices Surging
For one reason or another supply of PVC in several regions around the world has been disrupted over the last six months. In Europe, the region saw an...
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Texas Deep-Freeze – More Strain on Supply
The historically cold winter storm that struck the US Gulf Coast beginning the weekend of 13-14 February led to widespread shutdowns of petrochemical...
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Could Wood Pulp Offer a Sustainable Solution for the Garment Industry?
This article originally appeared on Fisher International's FI Insights blog on 3 February 2021. Growing sustainability trends and concerns about...
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High Prices and Tight Markets for the European Polyester Chain
The concerns relating to the availability of PET in December, as European producers struggled to bring plants back online following scheduled...
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Pine-Based Chemicals and Fuel Demand in the Spotlight
Investments are ramping up for chemicals, materials, and fuel using woody biomass and pulp by-products for feedstock. Supply and demand for crude...
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Coronavirus Drives Wide Swings in Global Maleic Anhydride Market
Global maleic anhydride markets were booming in the last quarter of 2020 and the early part of the New Year. China was a little ahead of the curve...
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More Biofuels, Bio-Based Naphtha Production Ahead
I can barely keep up with news and capacity announcement on renewable diesel/HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil), so I’ll just mention two big ones that...
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UPR Margins Under Pressure Due to Increasing Feedstock Costs
Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices have been on an upward trajectory since the fourth quarter of 2020. Consecutive price increase announcements...
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PET in Latin America - Will High PET Prices Continue?
As we moved into the Q4 2020, outstanding demand of PET in the US has improved the performance of producers in America. Not only in the US and North...
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Global Butyl Acrylate Market Reels from Startling Price Surge
Shifting demand patterns, a string of production outages, and the consequence of low industry stocks have lifted butyl acrylate prices dramatically...