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The US Shale Gas Boom Will End

Don’t follow the herd…  By John Richardson ISN’T it amazing how we keep getting caught out by the unexpected, from the global financial crisis to  China is entering a period of much-lower growth? No, not really. As long as we keep being driven by the short attention-span of financial markets and the demands of quarterly […]

Recovery? What Recovery?

By John Richardson CHINA’S apparent demand for polyethylene (PE), which is a measure of local production plus imports, rose by 4% in January-September this year compared with the same periods in 2010 and 2011, according to Global Trade Information Services (see the above chart). This is an improvement on the 1% growth seen in the January-August […]

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