Chemical Trade
The Day the Chemical Industry Map Was Redrawn
From backwater importer to petrochemical behemoth: how China’s chemical industry now rules global chemical trade.
Simon Hilton
Industrial Chemicals
The Four Forces Shaking Europe’s Chemical Industry
A look into the decline of Europe’s chemical industry advantage.
Industrial Chemicals
The Chemical Industry’s Clouded Pathway to Net Zero
Princeton-led study reveals how the chemical industry is underinvesting in its approach to achieving decarbonisation.
Industrial Chemicals
Agentic AI: A Chemical Industry Revolution Already Underway
In a world where everything is changing faster than ever, the biggest change is already happening.
Plastics industry
Europe’s Plastics Recycling Industry Faces Crisis
How is the European recycled plastic market impacting chemical manufacturing and industrial feedstock trading?
Plastics industry
Self-Healing, Antimicrobial Plastics from Plants
3D printed polymer feedstocks can now be greener, cleaner, and self-repairing.
Industrial Chemicals
How China’s Oil to Coal Switch is Reshaping Chemical Prices
China’s coal shift: the global chemical market’s winners and losers.
Chemical Trade
Are Online Chemical Trading Platforms Really Any Good?
Have online marketplaces for industrial chemicals already peaked?
Industrial Chemicals
How the SPOTCHEMI Platform Works
What an industrial chemical trading platform can do.