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Jane Denny: Jul 20, 2023 9:59:55 AM
Acetic acid has been made by biobased routes for centuries, albeit in a dilute form. If wine or other alcoholic beverage made by fermentation is...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Jul 20, 2022 9:29:40 AM
Russian-origin raw material for unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) production is entering Turkey before sale to European buyers as end product....
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Charles Fryer and Jane Denny: Jun 16, 2022 10:20:07 AM
For several decades until last year, China was regarded as the workshop of the world. Businessmen and women flocked there to have the production of...
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William Bann: Sep 21, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Supply and demand fundamentals are the main drivers for the global acetyls industry, and moving into the fourth quarter most of the attention is...
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William Bann: May 13, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The impact of the historic winter storm that struck the US Gulf Coast in mid-February, which led to serious disruptions in the petrochemical and...
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William Bann: Jan 20, 2021 12:00:00 AM
There were a few bright spots for the acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer markets during 2020, but the sector also suffered its share of hard times...
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William Bann: Sep 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM
The global acetyl market has seen its share of ups and downs in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is still a lot of concern about demand...
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William Bann: Jun 22, 2020 12:00:00 AM
According to press statements from both companies, INEOS's profile in the global petrochemical industry increased to another level on 28 June with...
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William Bann: May 4, 2020 12:00:00 AM
The global acetyls industry has remained mostly steady in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but most producers and consumers expect challenging...
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William Bann: Feb 3, 2020 12:00:00 AM
Global acetyls market participants were hoping for signs of stability in early 2020 following the ups-and-downs of the past two to three years, but...
