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Jane Denny: Feb 27, 2024 4:06:03 PM
Maleic anhydride is an important intermediate chemical. Currently, capacity to produce is in excess of 5000 ktpa globally. Over two-thirds of the...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Oct 25, 2023 4:37:12 PM
At the risk of perpetuating a troubling 2023 trope, the construction sector is contradictory on a global scale right now. While growing populations...
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Kaiyin Hu: Jul 5, 2023 12:13:27 PM
The global maleic anhydride market continues to be under downward pressure in 2023 amid the economic slowdown. Like many other products in the...
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Jane Denny: Feb 13, 2023 9:13:06 AM
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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Tecnon OrbiChem: Oct 13, 2022 12:31:17 PM
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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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: Jul 12, 2022 10:17:08 AM
Factories need to keep inventory, to guard against delayed delivery of vital feedstocks or components. This is especially the case for chemical...
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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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Sam Uctas: Dec 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Both European and US unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices saw back-to-back monthly increases throughout the first half of 2021. The market...
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Kaiyin Hu: Nov 9, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Global maleic anhydride markets have experienced a sharp upturn in late 2020 and 2021 following the negative growth seen in 2020 as markets continued...
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Kaiyin Hu: Jul 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM
After suffering one of the worst downturns in living memory in 2020, the global economy has started clawing its way back this year. In the US, the...
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ResourceWise: Feb 9, 2021 12:00:00 AM
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...
