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China’s Pollution/Economic Campaign To Reshape Petchems

By John Richardson I BELIEVE that China’s environmental crackdown will continue to disrupt petrochemicals and polymers markets for the next few years. This is not a temporary phenomenon that will largely go away with the end of the September 2017-March 2018 campaign to minimise air pollution in 28 northern cities. Further waves of environmental inspections […]

China’s One Belt, One Road: What It Means For PP and PVC

By John Richardson MONDAY’S blog post on China’s One Belt, One Road initiative has produced a very strong response. I thus thought it was important to discuss in detail  what what One Belt, One Road could mean for two major polymers – polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). One Belt, One Road is happening because of huge social, political and economic changes taking […]

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