This week in ICIS Chemical Business

19 May 2008 00:15  [Source: ICIS news]

This week in ICIS Chemical Business, we bring you our special issue on China. With breakneck economic development, could rampant pollution stop expansion in its tracks? The government cracks down on polluters while capacity expansions continue unabated. Also, our markets editor Andy Brice goes a week without polypropylene - and survives!

This Week’s Top Stories: 19 May 2008

Building commodity chemicals in China becomes more risky
With concerns over the environment, water shortages, a US economic slowdown and global overcapacity, how long will China’s economic miracle last?

China's authorities crack down on polluting chemical producers
Improving the environment is top on the government’s list of priorities, but enforcement might still be an issue.

China's strategy to attract chemicals inland is working
Encouraging chemical companies to migrate deeper into the heart of China is central to the government’s development strategy, but the task is far from easy.

China Clean Energy refocuses on chemicals
China Clean Energy expects its specialty chemical business to help weather biodiesel’s difficult market environment.

China chemical producers thrive but face bureaucratic delays
The Yangtze river is home to growing numbers of chemical plants. But bureaucracy and a poor yet developing transport infrastructure cause real headaches for producers.

Hovione’s Chinese lessons
The company is a veteran of Chinese investment, manufacturing there for 30 years

Ethics vs. profits
Should Western firms ignore China’s human rights record?

In Other News

Living without polypropylene for a week
Chemicals rule our lives. But is it possible to live without just one of them and go cold turkey for a week?

Chemical Profile

Nitric acid demand grows with fertilizer demand

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