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Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals Producers Step Up in Response to Covid-19 Crisis
As some chemical companies ramped up their production of ingredients for sanitising and disinfectant products, several biofuel companies and...
Market Disruptions (6)
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How Plunging PVC Demand is Behind the Recovery in the Caustic Soda Market
As the world battles to control the Covid-19 outbreak, demand in many chemical sectors is tumbling. With automotive and construction industries...
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Demand Found Sadly Lacking as Chinese Synthetic Fibers Emerge from Lock-Down
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting disruption to economies around the world has had a major impact on global synthetic fibers demand – with a...
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As the Chinese UPR Market Starts to Put Out Green Shoots: the US and Europe Face Frosty Demand
The Chinese UP resin market started to show some recovery in March after coming to a standstill in late January and remaining virtually shut down...
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Polyamide Markets Feeling Pressure as Covid-19 Pandemic Flattens Demand
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to shape the polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 markets in all regions from the standpoint of...
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Isocyanates Markets’ Spring Shoots Frozen Out by Covid-19
Isocyanate markets improved in Q1 2020 but as the COVID-19 outbreak reached worldwide markets the picture changed once again. In previous years,...
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Maleic Markets Reel as Feedstocks Prices Drop and Demand Falters
As crude oil and all related markets fell with shocking speed in response to deepening fears over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the maleic...
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What is to Come for the Orthoxylene and Phthalic Anhydride Markets in 2020?
2019 was a stable yet difficult year for the global orthoxylene and phthalic anhydride markets. The US and European markets are mature and growth...
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2020 Was Already a Challenging Year for Polyester
What is Covid-19 virus adding? In a previous promotion “What next for Polyester? What Is Changing in the Economy And Petrochemicals From 2019...
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How is COVID-19 Impacting the Caustic Soda Market Around the World?
Since the COVID-19 virus hit Europe in January, infection cases have been rising and while initially there was no immediate impact on the market,...
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Coronavirus and Petrochemicals Markets – An Update on the News So Far
What has happened since early February?
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Novel Coronavirus and Chinese Petrochemical Markets – How to Anticipate the Unexpected?
What has happened so far? The novel coronavirus, a variant of the virus that caused SARS and MERS, was first identified in Wuhan in Hubei province,...