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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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Global manufacturing slowdown: Turn to China’s polypropylene market for your explanation
4th October 2019 by

By John Richardson THEY SADLY still don’t get it. All the clamour yesterday was about declinin...

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China PE overstocking rises to more than 1m tonnes as exporters continue to flood the market
1st October 2019 by

By John Richardson CHINA is heading for another good year of PE demand growth with estimates from se...

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If Strait of Hormuz closed down: Effect on petrochemicals exports
27th September 2019 by

By John Richardson NEITHER SIDE seems to want a war but at febrile times like this miscalculations c...

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US petrochemicals export exposure grows at the wrong time in history
25th September 2019 by

As always, the views in this blog post are my own and do not reflect the views of ICIS. Thank you By...

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Further collapse in China auto sales underlines radical change in petrochemicals business model
23rd September 2019 by

By John Richardson HAVE FEEDSTOCK will build has been the route to success for many years in the pet...

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President Trump can only cause major economic damage by beating China, unless he has a time machine
12th September 2019 by

The views in this blog, are, as always, my own personal views and don’t reflect the views of I...

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Unsustainable boom in China auto market ends as sales of new vehicles move permanently lower
8th September 2019 by

By John Richardson THERE IS a big temptation when making forecasts of becoming too excited about the...

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Global PP demand could be 81.5m tonnes less than forecast in 2019-2028 as China Debt Supercycle ends
5th September 2019 by

By John Richardson SOME PEOPLE argue that despite the rapid rise in Chinese consumer debt over the l...

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China economic stimulus and PP: How global demand could have been 71m tonnes smaller
4th September 2019 by

By John Richardson CHINA came to the rescue of the global economy in 2009. This wasn’t for altruis...

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