The Chemical Reaction

Table of contents

• Latest insights
• Upcoming events
• Challenges for the future of Bio-MEG
  • Mohamed Chilmeran, Patricia Pan, Siddhant Warrier, Jason Raj, Steve Wilkerson, 14 March 2023
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Middle East polyethylene maintenance season to support the spot market
  • Chris Liu, 17 February 2023
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• What to expect for China’s olefins industry in 2023?
  • Kelly Cui, Chong Kai Sen, 10 February 2023
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• China’s reopening fuels optimism of demand outlook
  • Anna Zhao, 7 February 2023
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• The exit of a major European DMT producer pushes Wood Mackenzie to adjust its WECP PX methodology
  • Maria Almeida de Castro Lima, Cristina de Santos, Gustavo Alberto Hernández Montemayor, 3 February 2023
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• Growing exports of styrene monomer (SM) from China
  • Farrukh Novruzov, 31 January 2023
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• India into the PA market – present and future
  • Aditya Ambegaokar , 27 January 2023
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Cautiously improving prospects of China’s local textile market in 2023
  • Emma Liu, 13 January 2023
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Changes on the horizon for ethoxylates markets
  • Siddhant Warrier, Mohamed Chilmeran, Nishita Sabharwal, 22 December 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Proposal for revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive published by European Commission
  • Qamreen Parker, David Buckby, 16 December 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• South Korea's trucker strike limits polyethylene export volume, pressures on inventory
  • Chris Liu, 12 December 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• CPChem and QatarEnergy blaze ahead to add 20% of US HDPE capacity
  • Shruthi Vangipuram, 28 November 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Key factors adding pressure to European PX and PTA producers' cost structures
  • Cristina de Santos, Gustavo Hernández Montemayor, 23 November 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• GASping for breath
  • Timur Zilbershteyn, 22 November 2022
• CPChem and QatarEnergy blaze ahead to add 20% of US HDPE capacity
  • Ashish Chitalia, Shruthi Vangipuram, 18 November 2022
• How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted benzene and derivatives trade routes?
  • Farrukh Novruzov, Jie Su, 11 November 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• The bottles war: recycling of PET, and the looming fight for supply
  • Burna Angel, Salmon Aidan Lee, Andrew Brown, 7 November 2022
• China's nylon supply chains - shifting trade flows lead to an export-oriented development
  • Anna Zhao, 3 November 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• High energy prices in Europe: crunch time for the regional fibres industry
  • Alexei Sinitsa, Bruna Angel, 21 October 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Asia BOPET film expansions push already long market even longer
  • David Buckby, Julian Lozowick, 11 October 2022
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Q2 2022
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• Q1 2022
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