A hesitant recovery has chemical makers on uncertain footing entering 2003. The impact of a much weaker-than-expected fourth quarter, a sharp spike in natural gas and oil costs since late November, ...and uncertainty about the prospect of war in Iraq are casting shadows over the chemical industry. Producers say they are bracing for a tough year. Producers say they are keeping a close eye on inventory levels after an extremely weak December. Producers forecast volume to grow 3.5% in 2003, and revenues to advance 4.3%, to $483.5 billion, according to ACC's annual producer survey. Specific forecasts are included for: 1. security, 2. finance, 3. Washington, 4. specialty chemicals, 5. pharmaceuticals, 6. petrochemicals, 7. plastics, 8. chlor-alkali, 9. inorganics, 10. industrial gasses, 11. agriculture, 12. fertilizers, 13. transportation, 14. information technology, and 15. employment. Forecasts for geographic regions are also presented.
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414.
Global forecast '98: is the party over? Freeburn, Christopher; Westervelt, Robert; Fairley, Peter ...
Chemical week,
01/1998, Letnik:
160, Številka:
1
Magazine Article
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Letters Herrnstein, R. J.; Boyer, William H.; Balfe, Judith H. ...
Change (New Rochelle, N.Y.),
12/1973, Letnik:
5, Številka:
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The Responsible Care program in the US is heading rapidly toward its tenth anniversary. Apart from credit to the chemical industry for sticking with the voluntary but exacting program concerning ...environmental health and safety, the main significance for CMA's membership is that 1998 is the deadline for fully implementing five of the six codes of management practice that are the program's backbone. The deadline for the sixth code, product stewardship, is 1999. From the outset, CMA has put considerable stock in achieving the self-imposed and publicly stated goal as an indication of its seriousness about the program.
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