Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'China overcapacity'

China's "Overwhelming" Overcapacity

By John Richardson A HOPE being expressed by chemicals and polymer traders and producers the blog has spoken to this week is that the surge in lending in China during the first quarter will result in stronger GDP growth...

New IMF Report Warns On China Investment

By John Richardson CHINA'S over-dependence on investment as a driver of growth has been highlighted in a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report. Investment accelerated between 2007 and 2011 to counter the effects of the global financial crisis, according to...

China's Butadiene Gamble

Source of graph: http://www.economist.com/   By John Richardson AN assumption is that China's auto ownership will continue to rapidly expand and that, therefore, there will be a big need for substantial domestic expansions of butadiene and synthetic rubber capacity to...

China PVC Capacity Binge Clobbers Northeast Asia

By John Richardson CHINA'S capacity expansions in industries including steel, aluminium and petrochemicals continue to astound. Take polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for example., where, according to a new report by ChemSystems, "capacity (in China) has expanded from 5m tonne/year in 2003...