Asia top stories – weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
28-Jun-2021
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Here are the top stories from ICIS News Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 25 June 2021.
Middle East’s petchems largely face oversupply,
sluggish demand
Middle East’s petrochemicals are broadly facing
a similar trend of ample supply and thin
demand, and this is likely to persist through
the summer season.
Asia BDO shows signs of stabilisation after
months of decline
The Asia butanediol (BDO) market started to
show signs of stabilisation following the
cessation of the downtrend in the domestic
Chinese sector.
PODCAST: Asia, Middle East polyols markets
poised for bearishness in near term
In this episode of the ICIS Asia podcast,
Damini Dabholkar and Jasmine Khoo, editors in
charge of the Middle East and Asia polyether
polyols markets, speaks on recent developments.
Asia’s electric vehicle market to surge in 2021
on China growth
Asia’s electric vehicle (EV) market will
continue to grow at a fast pace, supported by
strong sales growth in China, as more countries
in the region look to support EV uptake to
reduce emissions.
VIDEO: Asia ACN market corrects downward;
sentiment soft for July
Watch markets editor Chng Li Li discuss the
latest developments in the Asian acrylonitrile
(ACN ) market.
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