World Analysis - Cumene, Phenol & Acetone

The tight global phenol market of 2010, turned out to be ‘long’ through a combination of factors. Weak phenol demand growth through 2012 has coincided with new capacity coming on-stream in Northeast Asia and demand should return to growth in most regions as further new plants will be added. On the back of the changing phenol supply/demand situation, acetone moved from being perpetually ‘long’ to being relatively ‘short’ through 2012. Acetone supply contraction was driven by lower phenol demand while acetone demand did not fall as fast, and led to acetone prices rising above propylene for periods this year. This has now corrected, but as with phenol, there is considerable new acetone capacity coming on-stream in Asia which has historically been an acetone importing region. The questions are whether global trade flows will shift in light of the new Asian capacity and will anyone else invest into this increasingly oversupplied product chain.

IHS Chemical World Analysis - Cumene, Phenol & Acetone examines historical trends and long term projections for supply/demand, production, capacity, and trade of the global cumene, phenol & acetone industry over a 16-year period (five-year history, base year, ten-year forecast).

Included with the IHS Chemical World Analysis - Cumene, Phenol & Acetone is 12-month’s access to IHS Chemical’s online capacity and supply/demand databases, with updates to the capacity database as they occur and one update to the supply/demand database. The study’s conclusions, with text and graphs, are provided online; as are the Excel files for the supply/demand flat file and the regional supply/demand graphs.

A partial list of cumene, phenol & acetone derivatives covered includes:

• Alkyphenol
• Aniline
• Bisphenol A 
• Cyclohexanol/one
• MMA
• Other Phenol
• Phenolic Resins

• World, regional and country-by-country analysis of market structure, strategic issues and emerging trends over an 16-year period (five-year history, base year, ten-year forecast)
• Supply/demand balances for cumene, phenol & acetone for each country, plus extensive regional summaries
• Production capacities of all cumene, phenol & acetone producers, by company and location, both historical and planned for the future
• Production capacities of major cumene, phenol & acetone derivatives
• Trade grids for cumene, phenol & acetone

• 12-Month Access to IHS Chemical's Capacity Database online, with updates as they occur through the year
• 12-Month Access to IHS Chemical's Supply/Demand Database online, with one update
• Access to IHS Chemical consultants who will provide a reasonable amount of consulting, explanation and basic support in order to understand the analysis
• One (1) copy in book format (where available) and one (1) copy in CD-ROM format
• Additional copies available at an extra charge

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