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The polymers industry, climate change and a call to action
13th January 2020 by

By John Richardson MUCH OF the debate about plastics and the environment is, I fear, missing the big...

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China benzene and its derivatives could see negative growth in 2019
20th December 2019 by

        By John Richardson NOW let’s put this all together. My LinkedIn post o...

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US/China trade deal achieves little as China pushes hard towards petrochemicals self-sufficiency
16th December 2019 by

By John Richardson PRESIDENT Trump has promised a “tremendous amount of business” for US farmers...

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Long term downcycle will transform global petrochemicals, creating new Winners and Losers
6th December 2019 by

By John Richardson THIS IS not a normal downcycle. Please get over that idea however many people, bo...

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China’s inland petrochemicals demand will never come anywhere close to coastal levels
28th October 2019 by

By John Richardson ONE DIMENSIONAL analysis of China would have you believe that as per capita incom...

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Plastics rubbish and the developing world: Lost petrochemicals demand and the new service-led approach
14th October 2019 by

By John Richardson IT WAS billed as a liberating product, something that brought a little luxury to ...

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The new China and the rise of the Millennials transform the petrochemicals business model
6th October 2019 by

By John Richardson ANYONE who has anything to do with the petrochemicals industry or anything to do ...

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European petrochemical markets keeping calm and carrying on in light of Saudi attacks
19th September 2019 by

Here is a guest post from my very good ICIS colleague, Matt Tudball, our head of European Markets, w...

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Hong Kong an example of rising political risk and the end of easy growth
2nd September 2019 by

This blog expresses my opinions and not those of ICIS By John Ricuardson THE UNREST in Hong Kong wor...

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President Trump’s tariff concession adds to uncertainties as we drift towards a bipolar world
14th August 2019 by

The following opinions are my personal views, and, as always, do not express the views of ICIS By Jo...

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