The Chemical Reaction

Table of contents

• Latest insights
• Upcoming events
• European polyethylene prices have risen sharply in 2022 – what are the causes, and how have markets been affected?
  • Michael McDermott, 16 May 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Russia-Ukraine impact on regional polyolefins
  • Michael McDermott, 14 May 2022
• Lockdowns in Eastern China are damaging the world's largest PTA market- what's next?
  • Arthur Luo , 13 May 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Carbon tax as an opportunity in chemicals
  • Timur Zilbershteyn, 6 May 2022
• What Sumitomo's exit from caprolactam means for Asian players amid China's continual expansion?
  • Anna Zhao , 5 May 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• How is the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacting benzene and derivatives trade routes?
  • Gabriella Fuentes, Su Jie, Tiantian Jin, Farrukh Novruzov , 29 April 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Start-up of new polyamide-6,6 intermediate plants in China
  • Timur Zilbershteyn, 22 April 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Challenging times for European synthetic fibres
  • Bruna Angel, 19 April 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• MEG market: How did we get here, and what can we expect?
  • Jason Anderson Raj, Patrick Campbell, Steve Wilkerson, 5 April 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• How is the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacting benzene and derivatives trade routes?
  • Farrukh Novruzov, Jie Su, 4 April 2022
• The Circular Packaging Puzzle: 5 Pieces Shaping an Uncertain Picture
  • David Buckby, 1 April 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Will a rise in crude prices increase instability in Polymer markets?
  • Gabriella Fuentes, Michael McDermott, 25 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Crude oil and natural gas price shockwaves hit the European olefins markets
  • Patrick Kirby, 8 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Unprecedented shift in pricing dynamics for the European PTA market
  • Cristina de Santos & Gustavo Hernandez Montemayor, 4 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Russia/Ukraine crisis: Impact on global PET markets
  • Patrick Campbell & Alexandra Tennant, 4 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Plastic pollution: the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end?
  • Guy Bailey, 4 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• SWIFT sanctions against Russia: What it will mean for Asian caprolactam?
  • Anna Zhao, 2 March 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Ukraine crisis: potential exposure of the petrochemicals sector
  • Guy Bailey, Patrick Kirby, Andrew Brown, 25 February 2022
• What the Russia/Ukraine conflict means for global commodities – deep dive
  • Simon Flowers, Massimo Di Odoardo, Natalie Biggs, Ann-Louise Hittle, Alan Gelder, Guy Bailey, Patrick Kirby, Erik Mielke, Peter Martin, 25 February 2022
• The global ethylene cost curve in a $100/bbl world
  • Patrick Kirby, 25 February 2022
• Global Benzene Market Outlook to 2040: Key structural changes to the global benzene market in a post-pandemic world
  • Gabriella Fuentes, Tiantian Jin, Su Jie, Ugne Mitrikeviciute, Shruthi Vangipuram, Farrukh Novruzov, 25 February 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Celanese buys DuPont's Engineering Plastics business
  • Timur Zilbershteyn, 18 February 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Where cotton prices lead ... will other fibres follow?
  • Bruna Angel, 11 February 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• SABIC - European olefins balances
  • Patrick Kirby, 4 February 2022
• Global MEG Prices- What can we expect next?
  • Steve Wilkerson, Chloe Kinner, Patrick Campbell, 4 February 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• REM-Chemicals: A summary of the value of petrochemical integration
  • John Stewart, Alan Gelder, Heemesh Jadav, 3 February 2022
• What is holding back PCR content PET films usage in North America?
  • Mariana Santos Moreira, 31 January 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Increased activity on US East Coast regarding plastics legislation
  • Alexandra Tennant, 28 January 2022
  • Event
  • Implications & Outlook
• China petrochemicals: what to look for in 2022
  • Kelly Cui, Tiantian Jin, 25 January 2022
  • Ed Crooks, 21 January 2022
• Asia flexible packaging: 5 pandemic trends and their persistence
  • David Buckby, Liberty Stephens-Deaves, 14 January 2022
• Big themes in 2022 for global olefins
  • Patrick Kirby, Kelly Cui, 12 January 2022
• Polyolefins market outlook- What to consider in 2022
  • Ashish Chitalia, William Lui, Michael McDermott, Gabriella Fuentes, TJ Spagnoli, 7 January 2022
• Q4 2021
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• Q3 2021
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