Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'commodity markets'

Damage Limitation

By John Richardson POLYETHYLENE (PE) prices crept up by $10-50/tonne for the week ending 22 February, according to ICIS pricing. But, as the above chart shows, integrated high-density PE variable cost margins in Southeast and Northeast Asia remained very weak,...

A Road Map For Success

The new chapter of our free 'Boom, Gloom and the New Normal' ebook sets out a road map to success for companies in the New Normal. It also identifies 5 key areas where major change is already underway. Demand-driven....

China Polyolefins Divorced From Fundamentals

A permanent separation? Source of picture: edu.com   By John Richardson IT IS pretty easy to predict specific events that will cause declines in polyolefins pricing in China next year thanks to the big role that macro-economics now plays in...