Back from less-than-sunny Perth to discover that the prediction from my good friend and colleague Paul Hodges at International eChem has come true: Benzene has headed south because of: 1.) The rise in its pricing seems to have been out-of-kilter with what has happening downstream in styrene 2.) Traders credit might well have stampeded for […]
Asian Chemical Connections
Off to Oz again so no entries for the next week
No, I can’t do this Source of picture: perthperth.com/surfing/bodysurfing Dear Reader, Off to Australia for a week’s leave so no more entries and so will post again from 31 August. Fair Dinkum
Aussie on a losing wicket
The timing of when to strike the ball is everything in the wonderful sport of cricket – and also, apparently, in the American pastime of baseball. An Australian banker is fond of reminding the English how much better his country is at playing cricket. But his gloating doesn’t extend to how well he’s been timing […]
Waiting for the dead cat to bounce
Free-falling felines, dead-count bound, chemical-market rebounds, financial meltdown
In search of corporate paradise
Financial meltdown, Virgin Blue, the perfect boss, slow email replies, Brett Godfrey, the Australian Financial Review, airline industry
Would you pass the Koala Bear test?
carbon footprint, Yanchep National Park, Perth, Western Australia, globalisation
Fair dinkum, Bruce, Sheila etc
Western Australia, holidays, Scarborough Beach,
Tainted food hits polymer sales
Cadbury, China civil unrest, financial meltdown, Tainted food
Crikey, did I eat that much?
Pimco, Mohamed El-Erian, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, American Chemistry Council
Bali doesn’t go anywhere near far enough
At least the US is on board, but the pact to reduce emissions by 25-40 per cent by 2020 might well not be sufficient to prevent the 1.5 centigrade rise in global temperatures that will be disastrous for the planet. In another excellent article from George Monbiot of The Guardian, he argues that we need […]
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