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What wood-based molecules bring to next generation fuels and chemicals
Millions of molecules and megatons of biopolymeric materials from wood sources will meet new, and old, petrochemical-focused markets going forward....
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The International Fight for Low-Carbon Intensity Feedstocks
Chemical companies have a six-and-a-half-year window to realize the ambitious sustainability goals they've been publicizing with aplomb in recent...
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PET & Its Raw Materials: Outlook for 2023, & 2022 in Review
As we look to the PET sector's high season - Q2 2023 - market participants will be keen to lower the paraxylene cost disparity compared to Asia. It...
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Transforming Fuels & Feedstock: Old Carbon to Low Carbon - AFPM Talk
What do chemicals, forestry and renewable fuels value chains all have in common? Well, we've selected a trio of thought leaders to tell you......
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Chemicals Industry Crystal Ball: Pricing Up Over 40 Chemicals to 2024
The final white paper in the series A chemicals industry crystal ball leverages datasets from Tecnon OrbiChem's ChemForesight service to indicate...
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Biobased Phthalic Anhydride: Can this Key Feedstock be Green?
Phthalic anhydride is a key chemical intermediate in applications from phthalate plasticisers to polyesters. Many types of polyesters can be made via...
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Ukraine-Russia: Trade Impact Analysis Autumn 2022
Already high, volatile and uncertain gas prices – within Europe in particular – were exacerbated by the suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea gas pipes at...
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Next Global Chemical Shortage, Caustic Soda
Caustic soda demand could exceed global capacity in the latter half of this decade. That’s what analysis of trends versus current and future...
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Chlor-alkali 2022: Key Factors Driving China's Markets
China’s Dual Control Policy sharply reduced caustic soda production in the country in Q4 2021. The policy's impact on particular chemical value...
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Chemical industry: Russia–Ukraine war impact analysis July 2022
Russian-origin raw material for unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) production is entering Turkey before sale to European buyers as end product....