Blogs
Restocking lifts polyolefins prices (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Polyolefins prices in the key China markets inched up last week thanks to an uptick in buying activity. Prices of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) blow moulding and film grades moved up $20/tonne while linear-low density PE prices were...
Polyolefins In "Chaos And Panic" (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson CHINA'S polyolefin market was in
Place Your Bets - Who Is Right? (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson DOW Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris said in a 27 July conference call that China's industrial economy was still doing very well.
The View From Ground Level Is Different (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson The macroeconomic headwinds are building, making it hard for some of those at the ground level in Asian polyolefin markets to foresee anything but fragile and tough trading conditions. This is in marked contrast to the fairly...
China Polyolefin Prices Rally (Asian Chemical Connections)
In the second part of our analysis of the effect of China's latest interest-rate rise we look at how the polyolefin market has alllegedly taken the decision in its stride. Crude markets are a different story altogether.... By John Richardson CHINA'S...
Global Polyolefins At A Tipping Point (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson A GLOBAL slowdown in manufacturing is already being reflected in European and US polyolefin markets as anxiety in the industry grows over the prospects for the rest of this year. European June contract prices for ethylene and...
China Polyolefin Demand Growth Flat In 2011 (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson POLYOLEFINS demand growth in China is likely to be flat in 2011 over last year, a senior industry executive and a consultant have told us.
Global Polyolefins At A Tipping Point
By John Richardson A GLOBAL slowdown in manufacturing is already being reflected in European and US polyolefin markets as anxiety in the industry grows over the prospects for the rest of this year.
Polyolefin numbers look good
By Malini Hariharan Pic source: www.brandft.co.uk The blog is in undertaking the difficult task of collecting demand numbers for polyolefins across major Asian markets.
Polyolefin Producers Maintain Their Control
Source of picture: Dallhouse University, Canada By John Richardson THE incredibly smart way in which polyolefin producers have managed production since the great collapse of September 2008 continues to defy what appear to remain some very uncertain,
