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2013.05.24: Everything Is Going To Plan
2013.05.23: China Will Do What Suits China
2013.05.22: China Market Rally In Context
2013.05.21: Please Be Careful Out There
2013.05.20: Get Behind China
2013.05.17: China Hints At Yuan Depreciation
2013.05.15: Global Deflation
2013.05.14: China Producer Price Deflation Continues
2013.05.13: China Petchems H2 Price Rally
2013.05.12: APIC And Demand
2013.05.10: China Compensation
2013.05.08: Northeast Asia Confronts PVC Consolidation
2013.05.06: In Search Of Smart Customers
2013.05.06: Malaysia's Economic Challenges
2013.05.03: Taiwan Growth Underlines Long Term Shift
2013.05.02: Southeast Asia 's Economic Boom
2013.05.01: China PE Demand In 2013: Flat Or Declining
2013.04.30: China Affordability Challenge
2013.04.29: One In Three Chance Of 5% China GDP Growth
2013.04.26: Sinopec And The Blog's Favourite Triangle
2013.04.25: The Saudi Feedstock Debate Intensifies
2013.04.24: Beijing: China Deceleration On Track
2013.04.23: China's Cancer Villages
2013.04.22: Players In Europe And Asia Are Serious About Cheap US Ethane
2013.04.18: China's "Overwhelming" Overcapacity
2013.04.17: When Lower Growth Is Good News
2013.04.16: China GDP Slowdown No Surprise
2013.04.16: Oil Prices Fall, As We Warned
2013.04.15: Managing China's Middle Income Aspirations
2013.04.11: More Than Just Absence Of "Animal Spirits"
2013.04.10: China's New Expectations
2013.04.09: A Note From Beijing
2013.04.08: Here We Go Again
2013.04.07: US Energy Supply: Morning In America
2013.04.04: The Real Economies Set To Dominate Q2
2013.04.03: China To Take A Big Stick To Financial Crisis
2013.04.02: Coal-To-Chemicals Funding Clampdown
2013.03.31: China Economic Policies To Get Tougher
2013.03.28: Reviving Youngstown
2013.03.26: US has "23 Years" Of Gas Reserves
2013.03.26: China Manufacturing Relocation Accelerates
2013.03.24: Post-War Fabric Of Europe Under Threat
2013.03.22: Everywhere You Look
2013.03.21: China, Patronage And Innovation
2013.03.20: The First Quarter Financial Results Dilemma
2013.03.19: China Labour Supply Threatens Productivity Growth
2013.03.18: Xi Jingping's Challenges
2013.03.15: China Higher-Value Processors Exert More Pressure
2013.03.14: China Demand Worse Than Just Before CNY
2013.03.12: Less Bling, Please
2013.03.11: Innovation: No More Time Left To Lose
2013.03.11: It Is Now Down To Seven Guys In A Room
2013.03.08: China NPC Underlines Inflation Focus
2013.03.06: Death By A Thousand Cuts
2013.03.05: We Told You So
2013.03.04: China Coal Cap: What It Means For Chems
2013.03.04: Reassessing China Petchem Projects
2013.03.01: China NPC Meeting: Quality Over Quantity
2013.02.28: "Flabbergasted" By Weak Demand....
2013.02.27: Damage Limitation
2013.02.25: China's Numbers Game
2013.02.24: China's New Credit Clampdown
2013.02.22: China Coal-To-Olefins Storm In A Teacup?
2013.02.20: US Housing Recovery 74% Below The Peak
2013.02.20: HSBC: China 2013 Polyethylene Market Has Peaked
2013.02.19: Filtering Out The Noise
2013.02.18: Sinopec A Litmus Test For Reform
2013.02.17: US Housing Market - Real Recovery?
2013.02.15: Consensus Confidence For 2013
2013.02.14: China Govt Confirms Post-CNY Labour Shortages
2013.02.13: Low Equity Volumes Tell The Real Story
2013.02.12: China SMEs Under More Strain
2013.02.11: China Credit, Commodities Bubble
2013.02.08: Nothing Has Changed In Japan
2013.02.06: US LNG Projects Up In The Air
2013.02.06: China's PE Cycle Repeats Itself
2013.02.04: US Petchems "Double Peak" Theory
2013.02.04: China Jan PMIs Tell Different Stories
2013.02.01: US Shale Row Flares UP
2013.01.30: Beware Of Excessive Optimism
2013.01.28: China's Graduates
2013.01.27: India PVC Growth In Context
2013.01.25: China: The Politics Behind The "Recovery"
2013.01.24: PTA Price Decline Reflects Realities
2013.01.23: China's Environmental Balancing Act
2013.01.21: Ten Solutions For The Global Economy
2013.01.21: Labour Supply After Chinese New Year
2013.01.18: Ponzi Scheme Economics
2013.01.16: Crude Oil Price Risks Escalate
2013.01.16: Northeast Asian PE Margins Positive
2013.01.15: Beijing Smog Highlights Reform Agenda
2013.01.14: The Attention Span Of Commodity Markets
2013.01.11: 1.5m tonnes Of New Asian PE Supply In 2013
2013.01.10: A Chance To Win £100
2013.01.10: NATPET Warns On Saudi Gas Increase
2013.01.09: US Threat To Asian Polyolefins
2013.01.08: China Polyolefins Recovery Continues.....
2013.01.07: "You Can't Turn Back The Demographic Tide"
2013.01.04: Beneath the China PMI Hype
2013.01.03: China's Internet Decision
2013.01.02: Creating Demand Through Better Healthcare
2013.01.01: Average Babyboomer Turns 55
2012.12.28: SABIC'S Al-Mady Issues Europe Warning
2012.12.24: The Challenges For 2013
2012.12.21: US Support For Big China Shale Gas Challenge.....
2012.12.20: China's Two-Speed Recovery
2012.12.19: European Petchems Face Tough Choices
2012.12.17: US Petchems Face Competing Gas Interests
2012.12.16: China Polyethylene Sentiment Recovers
2012.12.14: China's Divided Authority
2012.12.12: China Shadow Banking Concerns Grow
2012.12.11: China PE Growth At Only 4%
2012.12.11: Social Change And Growth
2012.12.09: US Manufacturing Exam Question
2012.12.07: China's Can-Kicking Temptation
2012.12.06: China's Shadow Banking Problem
2012.12.05: China: 2013 Growth To Slow Again
2012.12.04: China "Recovers"
2012.12.02: The Next Game Changer: Ample Saudi Ethane
2012.11.28: New IMF Report Warns On China Investment
2012.11.27: Demographics And Saudi Arabia
2012.11.26: New Business Mindset Needed
2012.11.25: Northeast Asian PE Margins At Record Low
2012.11.23: South Korea's Demographic Challenges
2012.11.22: Honestly, Nobody Still Has A Clue
2012.11.21: Weak PE Margins Reflect Big Picture
2012.11.20: India's "Booming" Middle Class
2012.11.19: Asian Demographics Change Demand Patterns
2012.11.16: Polyester Another Victim Of Hype
2012.11.15: China New Leaders Announced
2012.11.15: Indonesia's "Great Moderation"
2012.11.14: US Oil: Nothing Is Uncertain As Certainty
2012.11.12: China Lending Declines In October
2012.11.11: Asian PE Recovery On "China Turning Point"
2012.11.09: The Suspension Has Gone
2012.11.08: China's Intellectual Property Challenge
2012.11.07: China: Consumption And Hot Air
2012.11.06: Tackling The SOEs
2012.11.05: China Leadership Challenges
2012.11.02: The US Shale Gas Boom Will End
2012.11.01: Recovery? What Recovery?
2012.10.31: Planning For New Growth Patterns
2012.10.30: The BRICS Fallacy
2012.10.29: China's Risky New Lending Surge
2012.10.25: World Heading For L-Shaped Recovery
2012.10.25: Dow and DuPont Make Major Job Cuts
2012.10.23: US Set To Adopt A Golden Rule
2012.10.22: Goldman Sachs Changes Its View On Oil
2012.10.21: China Reformer Sidelined
2012.10.18: Risks To Japan From China Dispute
2012.10.18: China PE Imports Rise On Recovery Theory
2012.10.17: China GDP Growth 4-5% in 2013-2020
2012.10.16: Saudi Aramco, Dow, Shell, IEA To Speak At Berlin Conference
2012.10.15: China-Japan Dispute Worsens
2012.10.12: No Eurozone Miracle Cure
2012.10.11: Saudi Arabia's New Export Challenge
2012.10.10: The End Of Growth
2012.10.09: Morgan Stanley Turns Bearish
2012.10.08: Foxconn And China Demographics
2012.10.05: No More Of This...
2012.10.03: Rising Labour Costs Threaten US Projects
2012.10.02: China PE Growth Disappoints Again
2012.10.01: Much Less Of This.....
2012.09.30: The 99.9 Percent
2012.09.27: Managing European Volatility
2012.09.26: Central Bankers Making Global Economy Worse
2012.09.25: Nova Chems Company Of The Year
2012.09.24: BBC News Warns On China's Demographic Crisis
2012.09.23: Putting The Genie Back In The Bottle
2012.09.21: China Politics Before Economics
2012.09.19: Saudi Arabia To Boost Oil Output
2012.09.19: Asia Faces More Asset Bubbles
2012.09.17: Asia Top Ten Chem Companies
2012.09.17: China Leadership: Nobody Has A Clue
2012.09.14: Real Demand In The Real Economy
2012.09.13: "Good News" Over China Bank Lending
2012.09.12: Failure Of Central Bankers
2012.09.11: China Investment Lowest Since 2002
2012.09.09: China Stimulus Confusion
2012.09.07: The Best Of All Possible Worlds
2012.09.06: China Exports, Rebalancing Scenarios
2012.09.05: As Oil Rises Demand Weakens
2012.09.04: China Textile Exports Decline
2012.09.03: Uncertainties Over US Gas Pricing
2012.08.30: Mitt Romney Risks China Trade War
2012.08.30: If You Build It They May Not Come
2012.08.29: China PE Demand Weakness Continues
2012.08.28: Multiple Energy Options In China
2012.08.27: China Stockpiles Mount
2012.08.23: Recovery Always 3-6 Months Away
2012.08.22: China Coal-to-Olefins Strong Economics
2012.08.22: Reliance Goes Boldly
2012.08.21: A Game Of Two Halves
2012.08.19: Asian LDPE Margins Reach New Low
2012.08.17: China's Butadiene Gamble
2012.08.16: Dysfunctional Oil Markets
2012.08.15: Paying For China's Infrastructure
2012.08.13: China's Lending Problems
2012.08.12: Middle East-China MEG Exports Surge
2012.08.09: China's Blown Up Growth
2012.08.09: "The Worse Things Get....."
2012.08.08: What India Power Cuts Indicate
2012.08.07: No Relief For China SMEs
2012.08.04: PVC's Unsustainable China Growth
2012.08.03: China Coal-to-Olefins Ambitions
2012.08.02: Chemicals Demand Shift Will Not Be Smooth
2012.08.01: China PE Demand Down 3 Percent
2012.07.31: Global Polyethylene Margin Picture
2012.07.30: Dow: China GDP Growth 3-5 Percent
2012.07.26: India PVC Reflects Macro Problems
2012.07.26: US Chemicals Still Behind 2007
2012.07.25: South Korea "Denial" Continues
2012.07.24: Polyolefin Demand Remains "Very Weak"
2012.07.23: BRICS Version 2
2012.07.19: Food Prices And Chemicals
2012.07.18: China's Unreliable GDP Data
2012.07.18: Energy, Politics & Economics
2012.07.16: China And Demographics
2012.07.16: China Politics
2012.07.12: China Deflation
2012.07.11: China Bad Debts
2012.07.11: China's VUCA Moment
2012.07.10: KPMG Warns Of US Overcapacity
2012.07.08: The Water Challenge
2012.07.06: Dictating Chemicals Demand
2012.07.05: June China Lending Disappoints
2012.07.04: China's Luxury Goods Risk
2012.07.02: Managing China's Political Challenge
2012.07.02: EU Summit Solves Nothing
2012.06.29: China's Labour Complications
2012.06.28: US Chemicals Slowdown
2012.06.27: China Jan-May PE Demand Declines
2012.06.25: Chemicals In A Vicious Cycle
2012.06.24: US Targets China VAT Rebates
2012.06.22: China's Borrowing Slowdown
2012.06.21: China Still Destocking
2012.06.20: Northeast Asia PE Weakest Margins
2012.06.19: US Polyethylene Targets China
2012.06.18: Greek Election Results Change Nothing
2012.06.14: Polyolefins And Euro 2012
2012.06.14: Cotton In Uncharted Territory
2012.06.12: US-China Trade Disputes Threat
2012.06.12: China's Demographic Crisis
2012.06.10: Not "Business As Usual"
2012.06.08: China Rate Cut
2012.06.07: How Green Is Gas?
2012.06.06: More Of The Same Won't Work
2012.06.05: Fibre Intermediates In Panic
2012.06.04: A Call To Action
2012.06.03: Chem Companies Face Funding Crisis
2012.06.03: BASF Highlights Changes In Growth
2012.05.31: Asian Operating Cuts Not Enough
2012.05.30: Stimulus Nonsense Raises Hopes
2012.05.30: European Firms Assess China Exit
2012.05.29: Global Economy Loses Suspension
2012.05.27: China PE Demand Falls Six Percent
2012.05.25: Feedstock Assumptions A Risk
2012.05.23: PE Middle East Offers Keep Falling
2012.05.23: No Big China Relief
2012.05.22: APIC: A Sense Of Shock
2012.05.21: APIC: US Feedstock and Asia Optimism
2012.05.17: The Worst Things Get The Better They Are
2012.05.16: China's Inflation Challenge
2012.05.16: Demand Is The Thing
2012.05.15: Saudi Worries About China Netbacks
2012.05.13: Asian Polyolefin Prices Tumble
2012.05.10: Butadiene Oversupply Threat
2012.05.10: China To Grow at 3 Percent
2012.05.08: Polyolefins And China Real Estate
2012.05.07: Canton Trade Fair Disappoints
2012.05.07: France's Difficult Future
2012.05.04: MEG Continues To Struggle
2012.05.03: North America Manufacturing Rebound
2012.05.02: China PE Demand Down 4 Percent
2012.05.01: A Road Map For Success
2012.04.30: Dow Sees China Growth Acceleration
2012.04.27: The China Shale Gas Risk
2012.04.26: Europe's "Recovery" Falters
2012.04.25: A Polyolefin Trader's Perspective
2012.04.24: Consensus Misses The Point
2012.04.23: China's Changing Demand
2012.04.20: The H2 Recovery Story
2012.04.18: China Urbanisation Complications
2012.04.18: Costly Oil Hurts US Industry
2012.04.16: Chems Trade Finance Threat
2012.04.16: China Economic Optimism
2012.04.13: US Euphoria
2012.04.12: Foxconn And Chemicals
2012.04.11: China's March Inflation
2012.04.10: MEG's Fading Star
2012.04.08: Confidence And Petrochemicals
2012.04.05: Wen's Last Reform Push
2012.04.05: Further China Evidence
2012.04.04: China And Inflation
2012.04.03: A Tough Q2 For The US
2012.04.01: The CEO's Dilemma
2012.03.31: Why Should Q2 Be Any Better?
2012.03.30: Butadiene Market Standoff
2012.03.28: New Policies Needed To Restore Growth
2012.03.28: North America's Oil and Gas Potential
2012.03.25: Global Polymers Demand Up 4.5% In 2011
2012.03.25: India: Muddling Through Won't Do
2012.03.22: The Butadiene Rollercoaster
2012.03.22: Threat of Oil "Permafrost"
2012.03.20: China Synthetic Fibres Fall Further
2012.03.19: China's Shale Gas Potential
2012.03.19: Depressed China Demand Continues
2012.03.16: China's Leadership Struggle
2012.03.16: Inventories And Price Recoveries
2012.03.16: PX Goes Green
2012.03.15: China Polyester Chain Weakens
2012.03.14: Turning The US Story On Its Head
2012.03.13: Oil Prices And Demand Destruction
2012.03.12: China Auto Sales Point To Long-term Shift
2012.03.09: It's All About Shale Gas
2012.03.08: Butadiene Set To Decline Further
2012.03.07: India Chems Look For Govt Support
2012.03.05: China Set To Gain The Most From Inland Boom
2012.03.04: PE Margins Lowest On Record
2012.03.02: HDPE Premium Likely To Fade
2012.02.29: China Inland Boom: Who Will Benefit?
2012.02.28: The Changing Landscape For Manufacturers
2012.02.28: Formosa Confirms US Cracker Plans
2012.02.27: M&A Predictions For 2012
2012.02.24: World Bank Highlights China Risks
2012.02.22: China Coal-to-Chems Challenges
2012.02.22: US Petchems: The Bigger Picture
2012.02.21: Butadiene An Extreme Example
2012.02.20: Europe Markets Lure Asian Polyolefins
2012.02.17: Pricing To Struggle For The Rest of 2012
2012.02.16: A Palpable Sense Of Panic
2012.02.15: SABIC And Sinopec's Trinidad Partnership
2012.02.13: US Cooks The Golden Goose
2012.02.13: It All Depends On Your Time Frame
2012.02.09: Honam's next expansion
2012.02.09: Methanol moves
2012.02.08: Quick recovery forecast for South Korea
2012.02.07: India polymer exports to Pakistan set to rise
2012.02.06: India demand slides for PVC and PS
2012.02.02: "Known Unknowns" And China
2012.02.02: Petchems And The Non-Profit Motive
2012.02.01: An All Mighty Dalian Muddle
2012.01.31: Doing More With Less - The Products Of The Future
2012.01.30: Confidence Is Often Relative
2012.01.27: More PTA for India
2012.01.26: Weak margins hit earnings
2012.01.25: China set for aromatics expansion
2012.01.24: Morgan Stanley Bullish Again
2012.01.23: Seeing Through The Smokescreens
2012.01.20: Power outage hits Al-Jubail plants
2012.01.20: Forty Five Minutes On China
2012.01.18: The Fragility Of the Recovery Story
2012.01.17: Chems Trade Protectionism On The Rise
2012.01.17: IOC Defers PX/PTA, Proceeds With Acetic Acid, Butene-1
2012.01.16: Hits And Misses For Indian Projects
2012.01.13: Five Essentials For Planners
2012.01.12: Difficult Year For Naphth-based PE
2012.01.11: Methanol set for a strong year
2012.01.10: Investors Predict Strong Petchems Rebound
2012.01.09: PX - PTA market struggle intensifies
2012.01.06: Restocking Price Recoveries Will Be Deceptive
2012.01.04: Saudi Gas Costs Head Higher
2012.01.04: Resolving China's Bad Debts
2012.01.03: Wile E Coyote And China
2011.12.30: America's New Political Era
2011.12.29: Conventional Thinking Revisited
2011.12.23: The Great Opportunities Ahead
2011.12.22: Don't Underestimate The Middle East
2011.12.21: The Risks For US Petchems
2011.12.20: Placing Faith In Politicians
2011.12.19: The Risks Of Being An Outlier
2011.12.19: China coal-based MEG moves ahead
2011.12.16: Middle East looks overseas for growth
2011.12.15: US shale gas buzz in the Middle East
2011.12.14: Middle East builds downstream
2011.12.12: The Murkiest Of Outlooks
2011.12.11: China And The WTO Ten Years On
2011.12.08: The Planning Process Gets Harder
2011.12.08: Relief Rallies Will Not Be Sustained
2011.12.07: Yuan Devaluation Needs To Be Considered
2011.12.06: India Needs A New Political Direction
2011.12.04: Innovating Down The Value Chain
2011.12.01: China's Leaders Are Boxed In
2011.11.30: India growth slides to two-year low
2011.11.29: A quick recovery for butadiene
2011.11.28: Everywhere You Turn.....
2011.11.27: US Chemicals See End Of Profit Boost
2011.11.25: Investment Theories Don't Need To Be True
2011.11.23: BP and Indian Oil plan acetic acid jv
2011.11.22: Babyboomers Change The Markets
2011.11.21: PTT Global's latest buy and Siam Cement's Indonesia plan
2011.11.20: Fresh US sanctions to target Iran petchems
2011.11.18: India PO demand set to decline
2011.11.16: China's Debt Problems
2011.11.16: Chemicals Companies Sleepwalking Into 2012
2011.11.14: Dalian Reflects China-EU Risks
2011.11.14: China's Precarious Balancing Act
2011.11.10: It's Always Helpful To Have A Plan
2011.11.10: India to export more benzene
2011.11.09: Polyester still booming
2011.11.08: Restocking lifts polyolefins prices
2011.11.07: Latin America focused on new investments
2011.11.04: A question of balance
2011.11.03: Operating rate cuts the only option
2011.11.02: Buying resumes but will it last?
2011.10.31: China and India: No Guarantees
2011.10.31: Chem Q3 Results Show Flat Growth
2011.10.31: Not All Plastics Are Born Equal
2011.10.26: Expect Some China Chemicals Price Recovery....
2011.10.26: China Property Prices Down 30-50 Per Cent
2011.10.25: US And Europe Polyolefins Raise Exports
2011.10.24: PTA And PX Keep Sliding
2011.10.20: LDPE No Longer A "Speciality Polymer"
2011.10.20: US PE Exports To Flood China
2011.10.19: More trouble for paraxylene ACP
2011.10.18: The Rest Of 2011 A Write-Off
2011.10.17: Structural Threats To 2012 China Rebound
2011.10.13: Middle East-China PE Exports Up 60%
2011.10.13: China Refining: Where Is It Heading?
2011.10.12: Asia refining: tough times ahead
2011.10.11: HDPE-LLDPE spread expands
2011.10.09: European Petchems: A Great Year For Some
2011.10.07: China's Widespread Inventory Problem
2011.10.06: Propylene To Stay Expensive
2011.10.05: China Downside Continues To Surprise
2011.10.04: Economic concerns dampen EPCA meeting
2011.10.03: Siam Cement set for next Indonesian buy
2011.09.30: China Tries To Transform Itself
2011.09.30: Constant Search For Feedstock Advantage
2011.09.28: China looks for LPG
2011.09.28: Is China getting serious?
2011.09.27: China H2 GDP Growth Only 5%
2011.09.26: When I'm 64
2011.09.23: A Dramatic Difference In Mood
2011.09.22: Speculation Drives China Methanol
2011.09.21: Saudi gas shortage and Iran gas price hikes
2011.09.20: The Fear Factor Dominates
2011.09.18: Middle East Still Confident For Now
2011.09.16: Why China PE Demand Will Not Grow In 2011
2011.09.15: Limited Help For China's SMEs
2011.09.14: Oil demand set to slip, will prices follow?
2011.09.13: PDH spreads in China
2011.09.12: China's Long-term Shift In Inflation
2011.09.09: This Is Not Merely A Rough Patch
2011.09.08: MEG bucks the trend
2011.09.07: Glass half full or half empty?
2011.09.06: Last chance for Taiwan petchems
2011.09.05: Demand Weakness Dominates
2011.09.02: There Is No Going Back
2011.09.01: Siam Cement eyes big Indonesian buy
2011.08.31: September Will Be A Cruel Month
2011.08.30: China Inflation Pressure Mounts
2011.08.29: The New Normal World In 2021
2011.08.26: Marcellus shale cut down to size
2011.08.25: Formosa up but not out of the woods yet
2011.08.24: Chandra Asri stake up for sale?
2011.08.23: Rocky road ahead
2011.08.22: Yet another week of price corrections
2011.08.20: Towards a New Normal, not a new Supercycle
2011.08.19: ICIS Chemicals and the Economy blog
2011.08.18: US Fed policy may be going Back to the Future
2011.08.18: Buffett says US rich should pay higher taxes
2011.08.17: Wal-Mart sends a message
2011.08.16: China's bank lending nears its Minsky Moment
2011.08.15: High Frequency Trading dominates as markets crash
2011.08.12: China And Bouncing Dead Cats
2011.08.10: More On China And Stimulus Hopes
2011.08.09: Chem Companies And The Oil Delusion
2011.08.09: China To The Rescue Again? Unlikely....
2011.08.06: Place Your Bets - Who Is Right?
2011.08.05: Polyolefins In "Chaos And Panic"
2011.08.05: Q2 setback for Korea
2011.08.04: Oil Prices, Wall Street And Economic Chaos
2011.08.04: India petchem projects update
2011.08.03: Formosa's troubles deepen, markets rally on supply concerns
2011.08.02: The View From Ground Level Is Different
2011.08.01: Polyolefin End-users Assume The Risk
2011.07.29: The US Debt Crisis And Asian Chemicals
2011.07.28: Dow To Sell PP to Braskem
2011.07.28: India Polymers Shine But Questions Persist
2011.07.27: Cosy Platitudes Are Not Enough
2011.07.26: China Chemical Imports Fall On Affordability
2011.07.26: Cotton corrects; will polyester follow?
2011.07.25: The Edginess, The Nervousness Continues
2011.07.22: Dow-Aramco Set To Start Al Jubail JV
2011.07.20: Polyolefins At A Tipping Point
2011.07.19: Sleepless in Riyadh
2011.07.18: The Benzene Versus Propylene Debate
2011.07.17: Saudi Petchem Production Threatens Recovery
2011.07.15: Bullish on styrene and benzene
2011.07.14: The China Inflation Muddle
2011.07.13: India PP dumping: The story continues
2011.07.12: Europe Not Clutching At Straws
2011.07.11: Living In Hope Rather Than Expectation
2011.07.08: China's methanol economy
2011.07.07: China Polyolefin Prices Rally
2011.07.07: Impact of China's Latest Rate Rise - Part 1
2011.07.06: Does the industry need more PTA?
2011.07.05: European PE, PP Contracts Likely To Fall
2011.07.04: Methanol stays strong, but for how long?
2011.07.01: China Auto Market Provides Clear Evidence
2011.06.30: European PE, PP below Euros1,000/tonne
2011.06.29: Clinging On To Vain Hopes
2011.06.28: Boom, Gloom and the New Normal - Chapter 2 Published Today
2011.06.28: PE Market Weakness Spreads To US
2011.06.27: European Markets Weaken Further
2011.06.24: Chemicals Buying & The IEA Decision
2011.06.23: Chemicals "Spin" Will Continue
2011.06.23: Saudi Arabia's energy challenge
2011.06.22: US Olefins, Polyolefins In Denial
2011.06.20: Chemical Shares Fall From "Buzz Mountain" Summit
2011.06.20: Misplaced Faith In China Recovery
2011.06.17: India polymers slide once again
2011.06.16: Banking on gas
2011.06.15: Petro Rabigh phase 2 and Aramco's ambition
2011.06.13: Ethylene And PE Markets Decline Continues
2011.06.12: Saudi Crackers Could Soon Be At 100%
2011.06.10: Don't shoot the messenger
2011.06.09: Saudi Petchem Output Increase
2011.06.08: China Polyolefin Demand Growth Flat In 2011
2011.06.07: Shell Firms-up Interest in New US Capacity
2011.06.06: HSBC: Speculation Adds $30 To Oil
2011.06.03: New Normal Course In Frankfurt On 16-17 June
2011.06.02: Global Polyolefins At A Tipping Point
2011.06.02: Pressure builds up as manufacturing growth slows
2011.06.01: LDPE Re-investment Case Gets Harder
2011.05.31: APIC Delegates Focus On Capacity
2011.05.31: MEG reacts to Taiwan developments
2011.05.30: Safety issues haunt Formosa
2011.05.26: 23 Mentions Of China Downturn At APIC
2011.05.25: Boom, Gloom and the New Normal published this week
2011.05.25: PTA - one more view
2011.05.24: To frack or not to frack...
2011.05.23: Misplaced Euphoria Threatens Industry
2011.05.19: Boom, Gloom and the New Normal
2011.05.19: Metallocene action from Chinaplas
2011.05.17: PTA Set To Suffer in 2011-14
2011.05.17: China Power Woes Hit Chem Output
2011.05.15: Supply Constraints Should Mean A Healthy China
2011.05.13: Middle East Petchem Producers Feel China Slowdown
2011.05.13: Tough times start for India polyolefins
2011.05.12: Petronas set to unveil new refinery and petchem venture
2011.05.11: The False Promise Of US Petrochemicals?
2011.05.10: Old Growth Model Needs To Be Challenged
2011.05.09: Broad Commodities Retreat Hurts Chemicals
2011.05.05: SBR under pressure on China slowdown
2011.05.04: Korea escapes from China slowdown
2011.05.03: LyondellBasell Plans US Capacity Additions
2011.05.03: Cotton Support For Fibre Intermediates Declines
2011.05.01: Dow's Liveris On The Mark On China?
2011.04.28: Power shortages strike China
2011.04.27: One piece at a time
2011.04.26: Trouble for PX, PTA and MEG
2011.04.25: Global manufacturing set to drift
2011.04.24: Will the US lead the next olefins wave?
2011.04.21: Butadiene - will the good times last?
2011.04.21: The Chemicals Party Is Over
2011.04.20: Petchems Could Enjoy Abundant Naphtha
2011.04.19: China Inflation Impact On Chemicals
2011.04.18: China's Inflation Struggle
2011.04.15: China outlines shale gas ambitions
2011.04.13: US Petchems Overconfident On Shale Gas
2011.04.12: Broad Commodities Sell-off Beckons
2011.04.11: China market problems persist
2011.04.10: India PVC imports set to grow
2011.04.07: Chinese PVC demand set to reach 13m
2011.04.06: Huntsman to scale up India capacities
2011.04.05: One more US expansion
2011.04.05: Chemicals And The Removal Of The Punch Bowl
2011.04.04: Growing in confidence
2011.04.03: Growing Uncertainties Cloud Chemicals Outlook
2011.04.01: Was NPRA Off The Mark On China?
2011.03.30: NPRA highlights: Chevron Philips, Nova, Sabic and MEG
2011.03.30: China Quiet Market Persists
2011.03.28: Shale gas spurs optimism but questions remain
2011.03.27: Middle East Social Pressures & Gas Supply
2011.03.24: Japan Disaster: Plants and markets update
2011.03.23: China PE Re-exported To Europe
2011.03.22: US shale gas and petchems
2011.03.21: Japan Disaster - Update On Lost Production
2011.03.20: PX/PTA prices spike as supply dries up
2011.03.17: European Petchems & Future Competitiveness
2011.03.16: Japan Disaster - Plants update
2011.03.16: Japan Disaster - Lost Production Update
2011.03.14: Japan Disaster 4 - The Impact On Paraxylene
2011.03.14: Japan Disaster - Some petchem plants shut; markets stable
2011.03.14: Japan Disaster 2 - Refining, Petchems Update
2011.03.13: Japan Disaster: Immediate Petchem, Refining Impact
2011.03.11: Scenarios For China Refining & Petchem Output
2011.03.10: China Remains Weak On Government Tightening
2011.03.09: Opportunities Can Vanish Before You Know It
2011.03.07: The C4 challenge
2011.03.03: No escaping the squeeze
2011.03.03: Polyolefins - A Ripple In A Teacup
2011.03.01: Consolidation Thai style
2011.02.28: Asian C2 Muddle Reflects Wider Uncertainty
2011.02.27: Petchems Confront Another Lehman Bros
2011.02.24: Lotte's Indonesian gamble
2011.02.23: India projects see more delays
2011.02.22: Pulled in all directions
2011.02.21: PX: Still going strong
2011.02.21: Weak demand haunts China PE markets
2011.02.17: European petchems could be tempted to overproduce
2011.02.15: Job-hopping Causes Post-New Year Demand Dip
2011.02.15: Saudi Producers Remain Confident
2011.02.13: Coal chemicals wave sweeps China
2011.02.11: Saudi Oil And Gas Supply - Anyone's Guess
2011.02.09: Accident spurs US ethylene; Asia holds steady
2011.02.09: The China Intellectual Property Right Dilemma
2011.02.08: What an excellent boss
2011.02.07: Intuitively The Problems Are Building
2011.02.03: Polyolefin numbers - Part 2
2011.02.01: Saudi Ethane Prices Set To Rise To $2/mBTU
2011.01.31: Polyolefin numbers look good
2011.01.30: How Can This Year Not Be A Let Down?
2011.01.27: Looking West for support
2011.01.27: A Toxic Combination: Sentiment And Oil Prices
2011.01.26: Edgy And Nervous CEOs In Deep Contemplation
2011.01.24: Petronas gets busy
2011.01.23: India's OPaL inches forward
2011.01.21: Polyolefin Producers Maintain Their Control
2011.01.20: A Repeat Of The 2008 Collapse On The Cards
2011.01.19: Crude firm but naphtha under pressure
2011.01.19: Fears Rise Over China Long-term China Demand Dip
2011.01.17: Petronas mulls cracker at Kerteh
2011.01.16: Bayer Material Science Outlines Global Strategy
2011.01.13: Qapco studies expansion and Echem looks to Sabic
2011.01.12: Saudi Petchems Blighted By Logistics
2011.01.11: What's next for PetroChina and Ineos?
2011.01.10: NEW EO-Derivative Investments Planned For Singapore
2011.01.10: Gaping Chasm Between Effective, Real Op Rates
2011.01.06: Dalian offers hope ...but naphtha continues to climb
2011.01.05: Are you feeling the pinch?
2011.01.04: Methanol: China key to upbeat forecasts
2011.01.04: Strong predictions for fibre intermediates
2010.12.29: Overconfidence The Bisk Risk For 2011
2010.12.28: US Shale Gas: The Truth Versus Perception
2010.12.26: A Happy Festive Season To All Our Readers
2010.12.23: India's plastic problems
2010.12.22: One more view on the cycle
2010.12.21: Will Three Still End Up As One in Qatar?
2010.12.20: A subdued end to a good year
2010.12.19: China Polyolefins Divorced From Fundamentals
2010.12.16: Asian Inflation And Vietnam Polyolefins
2010.12.15: Why bother?
2010.12.14: Paraxylene ACP is controversial but necessary
2010.12.13: China's latest craze - methanol-to-olefins
2010.12.13: OPEC, China Inflation And Petchems
2010.12.10: Petchems And Tomorow's OPEC Meeting
2010.12.08: Chinese MEG Demand Up By 2m tonnes This Year
2010.12.07: Lasting Damage To US Chemicals
2010.12.06: India PE in a tight spot
2010.12.06: December Polyolefin Price Rises Flounder
2010.12.03: A dose of caution
2010.12.02: The Threat From a Resurgent China Vinyls Industry
2010.11.29: Delays at yet another cracker project
2010.11.29: The Strange Story of China Rate Cuts & Emissions
2010.11.28: December Polyolefin Price-Rise Bid Will Fail
2010.11.25: Total waits for Qatar to decide
2010.11.23: Saudi pressure fails to work
2010.11.22: The big PTA headache
2010.11.21: Chemicals And Polymer Prices Behave As We Predicted
2010.11.18: Oversupply In Petchems Still On The Way
2010.11.17: Petchem Pricing Faces Big Declines
2010.11.16: Reliance Reveals Major Investment Plans
2010.11.15: US Petrochemicals A World Beater
2010.11.15: Iran Remains Optimistic On Exports
2010.11.12: Facts, Fiction And Price-Rise Sustainability
2010.11.10: China fuels another price bubble
2010.11.10: LG Chem - Tried And Trusted Versus New Businesses
2010.11.09: Disneyland Economics And Planning For 2011
2010.11.07: South Korea To Raise C2 Capacity By 9.2 Percent
2010.11.04: The LPG Cracking Myth Debunked
2010.11.03: Letting supply lead the way
2010.11.02: Polyolefins Supply Surge Warning - Yet Again
2010.11.01: Make hay while the sun shines
2010.10.30: Flood Of LPG Supply On The Way
2010.10.29: Supercycle Claims Dismissed
2010.10.27: Reliance's polyester play
2010.10.25: Capitalising on the cotton crisis
2010.10.25: Polyethylene And The Stories People Tell
2010.10.25: Making Everyone Feel A Little Bit Middle Class
2010.10.22: Petrochemicals Supercycle On The Way - Morgan Stanley
2010.10.21: Howling At the Moon And PE Price Discussions
2010.10.20: Finding a home for Marcellus ethane
2010.10.20: More LPG For Petrochemicals - Eventually!
2010.10.18: The slow trek downstream
2010.10.18: No Going Back, But Don't Expect Smooth Ride
2010.10.14: Petchem markets on a bull run
2010.10.14: US Polyethylene Competitiveness To Surge in 2012
2010.10.14: China Economic Hype And Crude Oil
2010.10.13: China MTO/MTP - one more project starts
2010.10.12: Getting Education Right Is Crucial
2010.10.11: Indian PP Growth On The Right Track
2010.10.08: The politics of dumping
2010.10.07: India contributes to Asian growth story
2010.10.06: Abandon Fear And Plan For The New Utopia
2010.10.04: Japan More Competitive Than You Might Think
2010.10.04: Distorting The Outlook For 2011
2010.09.30: Wrong Assumptions Drive Shipping, C2 Investments
2010.09.30: The perils of forecasting
2010.09.29: Iran Sanctions Lead To Illegal Shipments Claim
2010.09.28: Don't worry, be happy
2010.09.27: Chandra Asri And TriPolyta To Merge
2010.09.27: Ethylene Freight Rates Head For Collapse
2010.09.24: Saudi Kayan commercial production delayed to end-2011?
2010.09.23: Saudi Arabia: The Implications Of Going Downstream
2010.09.22: China, Russia To Boost Iranian Ethylene Trade?
2010.09.21: European Polyolefins: The Luxury of Unintended Consequences
2010.09.20: Typhoon triggers shutdowns in Taiwan
2010.09.20: Saudi ethane price revision to be delayed?
2010.09.17: Asian Ethylene Market Uncertainty Continues
2010.09.16: Saudi Private Petchem Cos To Consolidate
2010.09.15: PO demand slows, will prices slide?
2010.09.14: Picking The Winners And Losers
2010.09.13: Looking for ethane? Head West
2010.09.10: When Does Consolidation Become A Strategic Problem?
2010.09.09: A sleeping giant awakens
2010.09.08: Middle East Study Casts Doubt On Downstream Strategy
2010.09.07: Map Ta Phut concerns refuse to fade away
2010.09.06: Moving down the value chain
2010.09.03: Singapore's aromatics binge
2010.09.02: A Downturn With Areas Of Persistent Strength
2010.09.01: Long-term Shift In LPG Cracking Economics
2010.08.31: China to invest in Iran petrochemical projects?
2010.08.30: Diminishing Returns From Middle East Projects
2010.08.26: The Unexpected Bonus For Polyolefins - In Summary
2010.08.24: US Polyolefins Confront Tough H2
2010.08.24: Adapting to a new environment
2010.08.22: Dolphins And Taiwan Petrochemicals
2010.08.20: Indian PP producers benefit from strong growth
2010.08.19: Polyethylene And Alice In Wonderland
2010.08.18: Polyethylene Price Recovery Built On House Of Cards
2010.08.17: Map Ta Phut issue drags on
2010.08.16: Fingers Crossed For No Double-Dip Recession
2010.08.13: China's Unstoppable Consumption Juggernaut?
2010.08.12: Saudi PP producers react; put pressure on India
2010.08.12: Saudi Feedstock Problems Worsen
2010.08.11: ExxonMobil Says Qatar C2s Still On
2010.08.11: China's coal chemical projects take shape
2010.08.10: ExxonMobil Formally Out Of Qatar C2s - Report
2010.08.09: Qatar Petroleum in Algerian cracker jv
2010.08.06: Port congestion hits Saudi shipments
2010.08.05: Asian Polyolefins Face Two-Year Freight Squeeze
2010.08.04: Kuwait plans another cracker
2010.08.04: Operating problems strike Asian polyolefins
2010.08.03: Asia awash with aromatics
2010.08.02: Taiwan's tough talk
2010.08.02: China PE Price Rebound Driven By Futures Market
2010.07.30: ChemaWEyaat shifting to a new site?
2010.07.30: Singapore's New Petrochemicals Strategy
2010.07.29: Saudi PP producers risk more dumping claims
2010.07.29: Asian Polyolefins - A Dead Cat Bounce
2010.07.28: Singapore Confirms Plans For 6-8m tonne/year Ethylene
2010.07.27: Advantage US?
2010.07.26: Managing expectations
2010.07.26: China PE, PP Production Up By 30%
2010.07.23: Iranian PE Seen As Threat To China Price Recovery
2010.07.22: What's next for Honam?
2010.07.22: Searching for balance
2010.07.21: Honam plans Titan expansion
2010.07.21: Propylene And the Law Of Unintended Consequences
2010.07.20: Aromatics May Suffer From Strong Reformer Economics
2010.07.19: Hambrecht Reportedly Attacks China Business Climate
2010.07.16: Honam Set For Further Buys After Titan Deal
2010.07.16: Yansab results reflect Saudi gas problems
2010.07.15: China GDP Reduction Spells Tough H2 For Chems
2010.07.14: Crunch time for Asian polyolefins
2010.07.13: India set to announce final ADD on PP
2010.07.13: Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil Delay Qatar Cracker
2010.07.12: Asian Ethylene, PE Declines Continue
2010.07.09: Global Chems Outlook: Pockets Of Strength And Weakness
2010.07.08: Iran Petchems Hit By New Sanctions
2010.07.07: China Property Sector Dangers Grow
2010.07.06: Mood Becomes Gloomy On Macro Dangers
2010.07.05: Assessing Real Versus Sensationalised Risks
2010.07.02: German World Cup Win And A Double-Dip Recession?
2010.07.01: Report: ExxonMobil Qatar Project In Doubt
2010.06.30: Ethylene Margins Plunge On PE Rate Cuts
2010.06.29: China PE Market Falls Prey To The Speculators.....
2010.06.28: Chemicals Growth Story Gets More Complicated
2010.06.25: US Needs A Serious, Informed Energy Debate
2010.06.24: China PE, PP Weakness Set To Continue
2010.06.23: BMS Plans New Asia Polycarbonate
2010.06.22: Petronas Restructuring Details Emerge
2010.06.22: Shale Gas Confronts BP Oil Disaster Threat
2010.06.20: Being Miserable As A Profession
2010.06.15: GCC gas shortage expected to last till 2015
2010.06.11: PTT merger delayed yet again and Map Ta Phut tops new minister's agenda
2010.06.10: Crisis of confidence
2010.06.09: Plans for one more cracker at Jubail
2010.06.08: China's rising labour costs - a blessing in disguise?
2010.06.07: Fall in futures leads physical markets
2010.06.04: Aromatics get complicated
2010.06.03: Middle East producers hits protectionism wall again, this time in PET
2010.06.02: China Chem Imports May Fall On Yuan Expectation
2010.06.01: China flexes its muscles
2010.05.31: Old Assumptions Might Belatedly Change
2010.05.28: Sinopec and Iran's NPC Sign Investment MOU
2010.05.27: Unravelling China's polyolefin numbers
2010.05.27: End-users Acting As Traders Influence China PE Price Correction
2010.05.26: Petchem stocks attract buying interest
2010.05.26: Financial Sector Fear Looms Large
2010.05.24: Price slide intensifies
2010.05.24: Chemicals Face More Financial Sector Damage
2010.05.21: Ouch! China High Inventories At Worst Possible Time
2010.05.19: Project activity picks up
2010.05.18: Asia Resurgent On Refinery Integration
2010.05.17: Bursting China's real estate bubble...
2010.05.16: Total Petrochemicals Makes Big MTO Progress
2010.05.14: APIC Confidence A Dangerous Thing?
2010.05.13: Saudi Gas Shortage Will Last A Long Time
2010.05.12: Qatar eyes cracker capacity hike and propane cracking
2010.05.11: All mixed up in the West
2010.05.11: US-Asia PP Arbirtrage Remains Uncertain
2010.05.10: China Muddle And Confusion Continues
2010.05.07: China Chems Liquidity Boost To Continue?
2010.05.07: UK General Election: Charisma Bypass
2010.05.06: Greek Bonds And Chemicals
2010.05.05: Singapore Value-add Chem Announcements Expected Soon
2010.05.04: China: Yet More Record Imports
2010.05.03: US Olefins Price Falls Could Be Turning Point
2010.05.03: Changing expectations
2010.05.02: Was The Chinaplas Optimism Justified?
2010.04.29: What's the Future of Ras Tanura?
2010.04.27: China Chlor-alkali A Real Industry Still Struggling
2010.04.23: Tide is turning
2010.04.22: Chinaplas: Optimism, consolidation, new plant start-ups and more
2010.04.21: Aramco-Dow project to be scaled down?
2010.04.20: Reliance eyes 2014 start for Jamnagar cracker
2010.04.19: Indonesia is back on the projects scene
2010.04.19: Good Chance Of Polyolefin Trough Delay
2010.04.16: Co-Monomer Shortage Provides LLDPE Respite
2010.04.15: China's GDP Growth Out Of Official Comfort Zone
2010.04.14: Yantai Wanhua looks to jump to the top
2010.04.14: China Polyolefins Growth Forecast To Slump
2010.04.13: Follow Your ACC Blog On Twitter
2010.04.13: Commodity Stockpiles A Risky Bet
2010.04.12: Polyolefins: A view from the ground
2010.04.12: China Polyolefns: Trying To See Through The Data
2010.04.09: Surge in Saudi-US PE Exports Reported
2010.04.09: China: Playing the Devil's Advocate
2010.04.08: Will crude oil revive PE markets?
2010.04.08: China Polypropylene Market Tightens
2010.04.07: Muddled Messages Over Yuan Revaluation
2010.04.06: IOC moves ahead with Panipat cracker
2010.04.06: US Optimism Needs To Be Tempered
2010.04.06: China Chemicals Review And Outlook
2010.04.05: Speed Of China's Growth Triggers New Official Warning
2010.04.01: Formosa awaits approval for big expansions in China
2010.04.01: China Polyolefins - A Bad Case Of Indigestion
2010.03.31: A view from the West
2010.03.31: Aramco Confirms Ras Tanura Location Review
2010.03.30: Dealing With The Middle East Logistics Challenge
2010.03.29: Bright Future Predicted for Saudi Private Cos
2010.03.28: Polymer trading - a great investment opportunity?
2010.03.27: Europe Faces More Middle East Pressure
2010.03.26: No More Gas For Saudi Private Cos - Industry Source
2010.03.25: China Polyolefin Buyers Smell Blood......
2010.03.24: US-China Yuan Row And The Threat To Chemicals
2010.03.23: The changing world of gas
2010.03.22: China Labour Shortage Threat To Chem Demand Grows
2010.03.19: India's petchem projects dilemma
2010.03.18: Thailand's Map Ta Phut crisis - the NGO side of the story
2010.03.18: Good Manners More Important Than Financial Results
2010.03.17: Saudi Feedstock Pricing May Change Next Year
2010.03.16: Iran's many problems
2010.03.16: Western Chems: Exporting Into More Domestic Trouble?
2010.03.15: China Re-exports Large Volumes Of PE To Latin America
2010.03.12: Asian propylene pricing heading for "a crash"
2010.03.11: Refinery closures - how many and how fast?
2010.03.10: Turkish Polyolefins Confront Tight Credit, China Uncertainty
2010.03.09: What's next for Reliance?
2010.03.08: SEA Chemicals Need To Learn From The Past
2010.03.08: M&As - value creation or destruction?
2010.03.07: China - An Opportunity And Threat
2010.03.04: Asia's Polyester Producers Get Greedy
2010.03.02: Time to get aggressive
2010.03.02: It helps to have the right partner
2010.03.01: Jurgen Talks A lot Of Sense
2010.02.26: THE US: Recovery, What Recovery?
2010.02.25: Action in the propylene market
2010.02.24: The Dangers of Forgetfulness
2010.02.23: Optimism as China returns
2010.02.22: Reliance makes it next move in quest for LyondellBasell
2010.02.22: Ethylene Margin Feast On Borrowed Time
2010.02.18: Asian Aromatics Crawl Towards Post-Chinese New Year
2010.02.17: China Polyolefin Inventories Surge
2010.02.16: Map Ta Phut pressure mounts
2010.02.15: India to investigate PP imports from Korea, Taiwan and the US
2010.02.12: India growth story - Part 3
2010.02.11: Is China Targeting Polyolefin Re-export Market?
2010.02.10: The Indian growth story - part 2
2010.02.09: What's behind the delays and operating troubles?
2010.02.09: Dear Mr Ambani - or can I call you Mukesh?.....
2010.02.09: Asian Polyolefin Trade Slows on Free-Trade Muddle
2010.02.08: Douple-dip Appears To Have Begun
2010.02.05: Benzene: What Lies Beneath
2010.02.04: Liveris on the chemical cycle, Dow's asset-light strategy and Ras Tanura
2010.02.03: The Dangers Of A Three-Year-Old's Attention Span
2010.02.02: Braskem makes its first US move; acquires Sunoco PP assets
2010.02.01: Corrected:Asian Naphtha-Ethylene Spreads Touch 2007 Levels
2010.01.29: Refinery Profit Squeeze Threat To Petchems
2010.01.28: SK moving to China?
2010.01.27: Map Ta Phut impasse continues
2010.01.27: China PVC Capacity Binge Clobbers Northeast Asia
2010.01.26: Beware The Motives of Optimists
2010.01.25: Post merger Braskem talks of global growth through acquisitions
2010.01.22: China Latest Growth, Inflation Raise Rate Rise Fears
2010.01.21: China Latest Credit Tightening Blow To Chemicals
2010.01.20: Time for Reliance to make its next move
2010.01.20: Is it time for price corrections?
2010.01.20: Polyethylene Pricing Separates From Fundamentals
2010.01.19: "Trust in me, go to sleep," - the objective of China's Central Bank
2010.01.18: Asia Olefins-Polyolefins To Stay Tight Till April
2010.01.15: India still shining
2010.01.14: Methanol Enjoys Oversupply Respite
2010.01.13: China Govt's Next Moves Critical For World Economy
2010.01.12: Asean-China FTA: Indonesian drama unfolds
2010.01.11: China Inflation Threat To Chemicals
2010.01.11: China's Credit Growth Versus the West
2010.01.08: Reliance ups LyondellBasell valuation
2010.01.08: Some more surprises for polyolefins
2010.01.07: China And The Cold Weather: Heating The Great Outdoors
2010.01.06: Polymers start the year on a robust note, but how long will it last?
2010.01.05: Korea's Kumho faces heavy dose of restructuring
2010.01.04: Cash Will Remain King in 2010
2009.12.31: No option but to bet on China
2009.12.30: The Threat From Arms-Length Project Financing
2009.12.29: Asian PE, PP face a weak start to 2010
2009.12.28: China's Data Quandary: Time To Take Up Golf?
2009.12.24: The latest on Mab Ta Phut
2009.12.23: Philippines cracker - revival of an epic saga
2009.12.22: China PO demand will continue to expand but slower than capacity
2009.12.21: Concerned about the Asean FTA? There's not much you can do about it.
2009.12.18: Map Ta Phut work stops but no clarity on when crisis will be resolved.
2009.12.17: Qatar says there will be one more cracker
2009.12.16: ExxonMobil Gas Buy Supports "Fuel Of The Future" Argument
2009.12.16: LyondellBasell court hearing deferred to 12 Jan
2009.12.16: Recycling Dip Boosts China By 8-10 Percentage Points
2009.12.15: Reliance decision on LyondellBasell after court hearing
2009.12.14: Will Reliance decide today on LyondellBasell?
2009.12.14: More action needed at Mitsubishi Chem
2009.12.14: Shell would like to build two MEG plants in Qatar
2009.12.13: Crude, Equities & Polyolefin Pricing
2009.12.11: Reliance moving fast on LyondellBasell bid
2009.12.11: Has Shell Made The Right Choices on MEG?
2009.12.10: China's Growth In 2010: Two Theories
2009.12.09: China takes care of 2010
2009.12.08: Map Ta Phut projects - work has not stopped
2009.12.08: Thai Start-ups: What A Muddle
2009.12.07: China PE To Grow By 35% - Latest '09 Forecast
2009.12.07: Polyolefins And Football: An Historic Parallel?
2009.12.04: Thai Start-up Delays On Court Ruling: The Details
2009.12.01: China PE Growth All-Time High
2009.11.30: The Immediate Dubai Impact
2009.11.30: Reading The Minds of China's Leadership
2009.11.27: China Polyolefin Demand Set To Rise By 30%
2009.11.25: Anxiety Builds Over China Growth
2009.11.24: Twists expected in the LyondellBasell-Reliance story
2009.11.23: Update 2: Reliance Betting On US Competitiveness
2009.11.22: Update 1: Reliance said to be offering $10-12bn
2009.11.22: Reliance Bid For LyondellBasell Confirmed
2009.11.20: China Real Estate: When Is A Bubble A Bubble?
2009.11.19: Unravelling China's polyester market
2009.11.19: "Middle East To Control Basic Chems In 3-5 Years"
2009.11.18: Disappointment in India...speculation on Rabigh
2009.11.18: A Chilling Chinese Export Rumour
2009.11.17: Crude, Demand Destruction & Irresponsible Bankers
2009.11.16: US Dollar Carry Trade Threat To Chemicals
2009.11.15: The more the merrier
2009.11.13: Naphtha Highest Level For More Than A Year
2009.11.12: More Questionable Chinese Data Clouds The Picture
2009.11.12: Qatar-Shell Sing Deal Feedstock, Investment Options
2009.11.11: Qatar Petroleum buys into Singapore petchems
2009.11.11: What the flipping heck is going on?....
2009.11.09: Reliance-LyondellBasell talks resurface
2009.11.09: For Hands That Don't Want To Do Dishes
2009.11.06: A fight to the finish
2009.11.05: Some Very Crude Perceptions
2009.11.04: Time to look inward
2009.11.03: Caution is the name of the game
2009.11.03: More Muddle And Confusion
2009.11.02: To Cut Rates Or Not To Cut...
2009.10.29: More evidence of China's export rebound
2009.10.29: A fresh vote of confidence for the DCE
2009.10.29: China and M-E Delays To Offer More Market Support
2009.10.28: China Sept chemical import-surge data
2009.10.27: China's chemical imports up - again!
2009.10.27: All's well in South Korea - for now
2009.10.26: China Export Gains Raise Sustainability Fears
2009.10.23: China's Great Growth Gamble
2009.10.22: China indicates monetary tightening
2009.10.21: Should Indonesia Add Capacity?
2009.10.21: How ridiculous does ridiculous have to get?
2009.10.19: GCC mood lifts despite worsening gas crisis
2009.10.16: The Iranian investment struggle
2009.10.15: Don't count on Thai project delays
2009.10.13: Wearing blinkers is a job requirement
2009.10.12: China lends guiding hand to futures markets
2009.10.12: Beware of the usual smoke and mirrors
2009.10.09: Thrifty times call for new strategies
2009.10.08: Chemical execs go long on realism
2009.10.07: China's Renewed Deflation Threat
2009.10.06: A Generational Shift In Attitudes To Debt?
2009.10.05: Waiting for the cheques to clear....
2009.10.05: Thai project delays good news for markets, but.....
2009.10.01: Challenges for chemicals trading in Q4
2009.09.30: Is the risk of staying long worth it?
2009.09.30: "It's the level, stupid - it's not the growth rates...."
2009.09.29: We are heading for $45 a barrel crude this year
2009.09.28: All At Stake And At Sea For October
2009.09.25: Correction On China Economy Piece
2009.09.25: The Threat from Dark Pools
2009.09.24: China's consumption growth challenge
2009.09.23: Falling China license plates a lead indicator?
2009.09.22: Western Polymers: Get Out Or Get Cleverer?
2009.09.18: Equities, Futures, Sentiment = Recovery?
2009.09.16: What's China's real consumption growth?
2009.09.15: "Steal a little and they throw you in jail.....
2009.09.14: Taking Back Control Of Crude Markets
2009.09.11: A New Series: It's A Mad World
2009.09.11: West To Exert More Cost Pressures
2009.09.09: Dalian Swings In Favour Of The Buyers
2009.09.08: The more you look at the data.....
2009.09.04: Benzene the barometer?
2009.09.03: China petchem output up, textiles down
2009.09.02: Benzene heads south - as predicted
2009.08.21: Off to Oz again so no entries for the next week
2009.08.21: How do Asian cracker operators compete?
2009.08.20: The Philippines: Left With the Crumbs
2009.08.18: Even China Polyester Rates Rise
2009.08.17: What I Want To Know in H2 - Part Two
2009.08.16: Excessive Confidence A Risk
2009.08.13: Reports of the death of US PP exaggerated
2009.08.11: PTA futures growing in influence?
2009.08.11: Building A Society With A Soul
2009.08.10: Can what made the US sick make China well?
2009.08.07: Calling all CFOs: Ready To Take The Plunge?
2009.08.06: Dalian: A Whole New Ball Game?
2009.08.05: China's commodity stockpile gamble
2009.08.04: What I Want to Know in H2 - Part One
2009.08.03: Chemicals company H2 complacency?
2009.07.31: China inventory sentiment survey
2009.07.31: Lies, damned lies and data
2009.07.29: Asia anxious over the wrong kind growth
2009.07.28: China polyethylene inventories are high
2009.07.27: Will Fiscal Rebalancing Trigger A Trade War?
2009.07.26: Is Dalian setting the markets?
2009.07.23: Where Have All The Flowers/Polymers Gone?
2009.07.22: The insidious rise of the Internet....
2009.07.21: China's Great Property Gamble
2009.07.20: Credit Expansion Linked To Dalian Boom?
2009.07.17: Another Opinion: China and Recycling
2009.07.16: Asia Polyolefins: "Bloodbath" Postponed
2009.07.15: Dalian LLDPE futures explained?
2009.07.13: Futures, Recycling Behind China PE Mystery?
2009.07.09: China petchem imports soar on false confidence
2009.07.07: Artificial price support about to disappear
2009.07.03: Where is the real demand recovery?
2009.07.01: Back to the Serious Stuff: Fitch issues China warning
2009.06.30: Don't You Wish You Could Be Yourself?
2009.06.25: Does anyone have a clue?
2009.06.11: Raining on the Optimists' Parade
2009.06.03: China borrowing from the future?
2009.06.01: An Affair To Remember
2009.05.29: Be very careful what you wish for...
2009.05.24: The next oil shock and petrochemicals
2009.05.18: Maybe it's not as bleak as I've made out...
2009.05.14: It's about scaling down rather than up
2009.05.12: Net lending declines by 70-80% in Q2 in China
2009.05.11: How long can bear-market rallies last?
2009.05.09: Aussie on a losing wicket
2009.05.08: Micro-management gone too far?
2009.05.06: Reasons to be cheerful?
2009.05.04: US-Asia Propylene arbitrage closes
2009.04.30: It really is a Mad World
2009.04.29: Is it better to be right for not quite......
2009.04.27: Is China repeating the mistakes of the US?
2009.04.24: It's getting darker and darker out there
2009.04.22: China's economy: A case of wishful thinking?
2009.04.21: Do you need a Joseph Kennedy moment?
2009.04.17: The China Recovery Conundrum
2009.04.15: China polyolefin speculation gets worse
2009.04.15: Some important new petchem trends
2009.04.13: Asian petchems: A H2 Outlook
2009.04.09: US petchem exports to lessen the pain?
2009.04.02: If manufacturers started buying up their suppliers....
2009.03.25: Alice In Wonderland economics
2009.03.17: Lack of visibility makes planning a nightmare
2009.03.04: Trade protectionism on the rise
2009.02.26: Short-term gain could equal long-term pain
2009.02.24: I don't want to gloat but I told you so....
2009.02.20: Go to the bottom of the class and stay there
2009.02.09: How to make money in a downturn Part 1
2009.02.05: It's tough at the top.......
2009.01.28: Chem engineers back with avengeance
2009.01.21: The dead cat has bounced. Now what?
2009.01.15: The demise of private equity
2009.01.09: Any spare change, Mister?
2009.01.02: It's fun to be miserable....
2008.12.22: As this is the season of goodwill.....
2008.12.22: "Now, I have this great idea"....
2008.12.19: The new frugal and greener consumer
2008.12.19: Will the US dinosaurs ever learn?
2008.12.18: How hopeless is your company?
2008.12.17: Waiting for the dead cat to bounce
2008.12.12: In search of corporate paradise
2008.12.04: He's behind you...the evil banker
2008.11.24: I'm on Holiday
2008.11.23: The "Minsky moment" for petrochemicals
2008.11.23: Obama's impact on Asian petchems
2008.11.21: Inspired leaders needed - apply here
2008.11.19: Planned Maintenance 20 November 2008
2008.11.19: I will wait for this Lego truck to hit S$100
2008.11.14: Buy small and local to survive
2008.11.04: Heading for extinction
2008.10.29: All those wasted lives - but at least you got your bonus
2008.10.22: Uncle Karl is back in fashion
2008.10.21: Even Middle East budgets are being cut
2008.10.10: Is your company truly globalised?
2008.10.08: Would you pass the Koala Bear test?
2008.09.30: Fair dinkum, Bruce, Sheila etc
2008.09.30: "Real" people start to suffer even more
2008.09.29: Tainted food hits polymer sales
2008.09.27: The big challenges
2008.09.25: Crikey, did I eat that much?
2008.09.24: Even Middle East funding is under threat
2008.09.23: Historic polyolefin market collapse
2008.09.22: Did Paulson's wife have to get up early?
2008.09.19: Changing nature of demand
2008.09.18: Eggheads are annoying
2008.09.17: History will repeat itself
2008.09.16: The world is round after all
2008.09.15: Go on, stick your head in deeper
2008.09.12: A drowning man will clutch onto anything
2008.09.10: Uncle Sam back from the dead?
2008.09.10: Yes, I know - I was wrong!
2008.09.09: The ultimate consumption tax
2008.09.08: What's it like to be a millionaire?
2008.09.04: Get off your backside!
2008.09.03: India petchem hubs - no chance!
2008.09.02: Do you ever get that sinking feeling?
2008.09.01: Gustav points to a much bigger problem
2008.08.29: "Reports of my death......
2008.08.27: Can I have those coconuts, please?
2008.08.26: Liveris gets liverish on energy
2008.08.25: "There must be some way out of here...."
2008.08.22: The danger of bogus science
2008.08.20: I've got ten of these
2008.08.19: Even the goldfish will get it
2008.08.17: The river doesn't just run black
2008.08.15: Filled Up With Faith
2008.08.14: Stop chewing on that now!!!
2008.08.13: Want a place on the Board?
2008.08.12: Slaves to market frenzy
2008.08.11: Japan's corporate hero
2008.08.08: China's growth conundrum
2008.08.07: BASF seeks "decisive" change
2008.08.06: The West can still be the best
2008.08.05: Innovate or lose your job
2008.08.04: The CO2 blame game
2008.08.02: Why the Doha failure is bad
2008.07.31: Market mind reading
2008.07.30: Missing the point
2008.07.30: The US gets my goat
2008.07.29: Work can be the death of you
2008.07.28: Does your boss listen to you?
2008.07.25: Does the 'truth' ever matter?
2008.07.24: Crazy money breeds new thinking
2008.07.23: Middle East and China to run C2s regardless....
2008.07.21: It's a whole new ball game
2008.06.03: Shell plans for the long-term
2008.05.23: This is unsustainable- crude correction soon
2008.05.16: Operational Note
2008.05.16: China earthquake tragedy
2008.05.07: Aromatics become ever-more challenging
2008.04.24: How do you account for the externalities?
2008.04.10: The search for more basic petrochemicals
2008.04.08: History will surely repeat itself
2008.03.24: Is the last margin grab over?
2008.03.05: Balancing economics with the environment
2008.02.19: If I had a dollar for every time.........
2008.02.05: China growth under severe threat
2008.01.31: Life gets more complicated for methanol
2008.01.22: Here we go again - 1997 is back.....
2008.01.20: China coal to benzene threatens
2008.01.09: Will Dow ever crack India?
2008.01.09: How dependent is Chinese growth on the US?
2007.12.21: Japanese gloom builds as earnings fall
2007.12.19: Can India compete with China?
2007.12.16: Bali doesn't go anywhere near far enough
2007.12.16: Where does Dow/PIC go from here in Asia?
2007.12.14: More talk of credit tightening in China
2007.12.12: China inflation to threaten growth?
2007.12.10: More Indonesian consolidation on the way?
2007.12.07: The Grim Reaper readies himself
2007.12.06: China lending restrictions to hit petchems?
2007.11.29: Could China be the new Japan?
2007.11.28: The beginning of the end?
2007.11.26: Will free forecasting have its Wiki way?
2007.11.22: Asia needs a recesssion
2007.11.21: Asian biofuels face a big crisis
2007.11.20: The flawed "science" of forecasting
2007.11.18: Can polymers rescue the Mile High Club?
2007.11.16: I wish the energy game were as simple as this.....
2007.11.16: Will the next World War be over water?
2007.11.15: Is your glass half empty of half full?
2007.11.14: There' s no hope for the planet
2007.11.02: A load of bull or rational exuberance?
2007.11.02: Is the world heading for a naphtha crisis?
2007.10.27: More arguments against M-E price setting
2007.10.27: The idiocy and hypocrisy of biofuels
2007.10.22: The Middle East may set polyolefins pricing
2007.10.16: How clean are coal-to-liquids? Does it really matter?
2007.09.27: Another great year for Asian polyolefins but......
2007.09.20: The world goes Upsize barmy
2007.09.19: Lots of froth makes one giant global bubble
2007.09.13: Methanol - a Dickens of a good or bad tale
2007.09.04: Could new laws threaten your supply chain?
2007.08.30: Is the elephant about to fall off the bike?
2007.08.24: Comments off until Tuesday 28 August
2007.08.21: Bad luck always comes in threes and this is 2007!
2007.08.20: The global credit crisis is going to last
2007.08.14: Construction crisis? What crisis? China leads the way
2007.08.01: The fallout for petrochemicals from Iraq
2007.07.27: China attempts to move up the value chain
2007.07.24: China's crackers are on track. Is this bad news?
2007.07.19: China will choke itself to death
2007.07.17: Rebranding the chemicals industry
2007.07.13: Are We On A Different Planet?
2007.05.30: No more pessimism for a couple of weeks
2007.05.29: Another Asian Financial Crisis, this time triggered by China?
2007.05.28: Is this the death of cycles?
2007.05.15: Life gets more complicated in the Middle East
2007.05.09: Watch out for the Black Swans and dump the consultants
2007.05.07: Capacity build-up to force volumes west...even from Asia?
2007.05.03: Bad news for polyvinyl chloride?
2007.04.30: Are coal-to-chemicals projects in China a load of nonsense?
2007.04.27: Liveris defends strategy after a very tough few weeks
2007.04.27: Dow fit with Reliance makes the most sense
2007.04.26: Don't read this if all you care about is today's C2 price
2007.04.23: Two optimistic views of the future
2007.04.11: A new era of globalisation?
2007.04.09: This is not the time to behave like an Ostrich
2007.03.30: Is ExxonMobil taking a gamble?
2007.03.29: Oops a daisy, here we go again
2007.03.28: What's the point in building a plant if you've got nobody to run it?
2007.03.21: Oh my goodness, when will it end?
2007.03.18: Could Pride Come Before A Fall?
2007.03.15: The case for investing in Indonesia
2007.03.12: Could drug dealers be rehabilitated into the petchem industry?
2007.03.07: The flawed art of supply & demand forecasting
2007.03.06: China facing permanent demand destruction?
2007.03.04: I told you so - Reliance firms up Jamnagar cracker
2007.02.28: Is Thailand heading for the rocks?
2007.02.26: Is Indonesia poised to take off?
2007.02.23: Should we now discount Iran's Olefins No 11, 12 and beyond?
2007.02.22: Iran could stop exporting oil by 2015
2007.02.22: Bringing the sceptics and the greenies together
2007.02.21: The weird and not so wonderful world of biofuels
2007.02.21: Reliance predicts a big India polymer deficit
2007.02.21: Will Japan's rate rise do any good?
2007.02.16: Prepare for a legislative flood
2007.02.15: Japan is still in search of a consumer recovery
2007.02.15: Is global warming a load of hogwash?
2007.02.14: ExxonMobil turns a light shade of green
2007.02.14: Basell predicts tough times for polyolefins in 2009-10
2007.02.13: Global Warming And The Impact On Ethylene
2007.02.12: How To Get Rid Of Management Consultants
2007.02.12: The Chemical Industry Blame Game
2007.02.08: If you think you've had a bad day at work....
2007.02.08: Is India set to tank?
2007.02.08: And is China about to collapse?

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