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Libyan Crude Oil Market - analysis from ICIS
The Libyan crude oil market developments are investigated in this analysis from Kawai Wong, senior editor on the ICIS World Crude Report. It includes the political and economic aspects, analyses exploration licensing and the refining industry, as well as providing...
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There Is No Going Back (Asian Chemical Connections)
Asian Chemical Connections « Siam Cement eyes big Indonesian buy | Main | Demand Weakness Dominates » There Is No Going Back By John Richardson "IF we build polymer capacity in India the demand will come," a very senior industry executive told the blog last year. He amplified this statement by
Aromatics markets stumble (Chemicals & The Economy)
The aromatics market is a very liquid market compared to other chemical markets. It is an excellent leading indicator for industry pricing and volume trends, and forecast the current rally in April 2009. The chart above shows how Brent crude...
Does the sale of Chemical Week spell the end for its print title?
The sale was announced this week of our competitor, Chemical Week, to IHS a US-headquartered business information publisher. A quick glance through the IHS website does not show any evidence that they publish conventional, weekly, print magazines.Even more tellingly, perhaps, is...
Welcome to your new ICIS Chemical Business!
We are delighted to announce a major shift in focus and redesign of ICIS Chemical Business that will better help you to make critical business decisions. We will provide essential information and analysis to help buyers and sellers in key...
How Can This Year Not Be A Let Down? (Asian Chemical Connections)
Ali Naimi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister, suggests more oil supply could be on the way Source of picture: stonesoupstationblogspot.com By John Richardson CHEMICALS analysts at HSBC have added further weight to the argument that 2011 could...
The super-computers even confuse Bloomberg (Chemicals & The Economy)
The blog has worried for some time about the growing dominance of super-computers in financial markets. Their activities are based on arbitrage between markets, not on fundamental analysis. And their power means that no financial market now knows what it...
Disneyland Economics And Planning For 2011 (Asian Chemical Connections)
Please stop taking the Mickey.. Source of picture: China Daily By John Richardson ECONOMIC bubbles have been given their name for a good reason: They behave exactly the same as the soap bubbles that were prevalent at Hong Kong's...
Abandon Fear And Plan For The New Utopia (Asian Chemical Connections)
Asian Chemical Connections « Japan More Competitive Than You Might Think | Main | India contributes to Asian growth story » Abandon Fear And Plan For The New Utopia Michael Corleone once told his fiancee, "The old way of doing things is over - even my father knows that. In ten years time, the
