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A New Decade of Optimistic Opportunities for the Renewable Chemicals Industry

The bio-based chemicals industry marks the end of a decade with a roller coaster ride. Only very few start-up companies were able to trudge through...

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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,...

Close-up of acrylic acid molecule.

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European Acrylic Acid Suffers a Harsh Year – Where Next in 2020?

Nobody in the acrylic acid market could disagree that 2019 was a hugely challenging year which saw prices plummeting, and margins squeezed within a...

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Coronavirus - 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, China, in December 2019. By...

Close-up of acetyl molecule.

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Acetyls Markets Still Waiting for Stability in Early 2020

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...

Graph of European acetone sales price margins over propylene costs.

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Reversal of Fortune for Acetone?

Acetone prices have been in perpetual hell for the last 18 months - values plunged to historical lows in mid to late 2019, falling significantly...

Chemical manufacturing plant.

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Vinyls Remain the Bright Spot for US Chlor Alkali Producers

Vinyls (and specifically PVC) remain the bright spot amongst chlorine derivatives for US chlor-alkali producers. With exports of PVC accounting for...