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Recently, ICIS London released a report showing that the global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality society are creating opportunities for the growth of demand for chemicals. ICIS states that this growth goes beyond the connection between the chemical industry and past economic activities, industrial production, and gross domestic product. Therefore, traditional methods for measuring industrial […]

Recently, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a temporary agreement on the use of hydrogen in certain industries, proposing that renewable energy accounts for 42.5% of all energy consumption by 2030. This interim agreement is one of the updated contents of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, and its objectives are binding on member

With the improvement of people’s living standards, the sweet food consumption market is becoming larger and larger, and the problems of obesity and diabetes are also becoming more and more serious. For this reason, food vendors have racked their brains and started to study various sugar substitutes, hoping to meet the human “enjoyment” of sweet

Last week, international oil prices were boosted by news of OPEC+production cuts. Under this influence, major analytical institutions have differentiated their predictions for this year’s international oil prices. Optimists represented by Resta believe that for the rest of this year, international oil prices will exceed $100 per barrel for most of the time. Pessimists, represented

On April 2nd, major OPEC+producing countries such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates announced significant voluntary production reduction plans, with a total production reduction scale exceeding 1.6 million barrels per day. Most of the production reductions will begin at the end of May and continue until the end of 2023. The

As the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member states unexpectedly announced a sharp production cut, the international crude oil futures prices rose by more than 6% at the close of the third day. As of the close of the day, the price of light crude oil futures for May delivery on the New

On April 6th, Huntsman Group announced the launch of ELASTAMINE polyether amine for new uses in various plastic fields, including for creating nylon elastomers with unique material properties. It is reported that in the production of nylon elastomers, the addition of Huntsman ELASTAMINE RE and RT series polyether amines can significantly improve elasticity, flexibility, impact

Recently, Air Products announced that it would no longer participate in the coal to methanol project in Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, or other Coal gasification projects in Indonesia. Air Products stated that last year, the financial situation of blue and green hydrogen projects underwent significant changes, driving the company to invest in these energy transformation

After experiencing the turbulence at the beginning of 2023, oversupply continued to dominate the US ethylene, propylene, and butadiene markets. Participants in the US olefin market stated in their outlook that the market is becoming increasingly uncertain and the outlook has been overshadowed. Due to economic slowdown, rising interest rates, and inflationary pressures, the demand

Recently, the Japan Carbon Black Association released a forecast for domestic carbon black demand in Japan in 2023. This year, the total demand for carbon black in Japan (including imports and exports) will reach 727000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%. The association said that this forecast has taken into account the easing of the