This study profiles and assesses the state of technology for coal to chemicals production including cost of production economics for selected coal to chemical plants located in China.  The study compares the economics of petrochemical versus coal to chemicals production especially in the current situation of low crude oil prices.  The impact of policy shifts on the Chinese coal to chemicals industry and their effect on financial return is also analyzed.

This report analyzes developments in bio-based adipic acid technology. Adipic acid derived from bio-based sources can be converted into a number of chemical products, most notably polyamides (e.g., Nylon 6,6), and other polymers - with potential to improve the GHG footprint.  The study assesses the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of producing adipic acid via bio-based sources, and also investigates future capacities.

This report analyzes developments in biomass pretreatment technologies. Next generation bio-based technologies utilize biomass as a feedstock and in order to process the biomass into fuels and chemicals, the biomass must first be pretreated.  The study assesses the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of biomass pretreatment technologies that are currently available and emerging.     

Analysis and forecast of global supply/demand and capacity for LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE and polypropylene including estimated 2015 data and forecasts to 2030.