Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Indian inflation'

India PVC Reflects Macro Problems

By John Richardson WHAT is happening in India's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sector reflects some of the macro-economic challenges we discussed earlier this week. An additional 8.5m tonnes of PVC pipes demand could be generated in the space of just five...

US Chemicals See End Of Profit Boost

By John Richardson THE extent to which the US economy has become distorted in favour of the corporate sector was thrown into sharp relief by this article in the New York Times (the financial sector is another separate, but...

Global Polyolefins At A Tipping Point

By John Richardson A GLOBAL slowdown in manufacturing is already being reflected in European and US polyolefin markets as anxiety in the industry grows over the prospects for the rest of this year. European June contract prices for ethylene and...