Immense Challenges Facing Chemical, Polymer Procurers
SHARE THIS STORY Mid-February’s prolonged freeze on the Texas-Louisiana coast has juiced up market commentary as much as it has most petrochemical and polymer pricing. Just days after the storm, a polyethylene (PE) trader said that the freeze’s effects on regional and global supplies would be “worse than Hurricane Harvey”. Perhaps so, because not long after, a PE distributor in Europe noted that the winter storm’s effects were just another in a line of production and logistics challenges that have stacked up over the last several months. “All we...
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