This report provides profitability and price projections to 2045 for acrylonitrile, cumene, phenol, acetone, bisphenol-A, polycarbonate, propylene oxide, 2-ethylhexanol, i-butanol, n-butanol, ethylene propylene diene monomer and acrylic acid.  The main price setting regions of Asia Pacific, Western Europe and the United States are analysed.

This TECH report focuses on the technology to sort and bale waste plastics from a Dry-Mixed Recyclables (DRM) or Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) stream for use by recyclers. This report provides details on screening, air separation, electromagnetic, eddy current and optical sorting technologies employed at Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). The report provides an estimate of the cost of production for sorting of DMR for the U.S. and Western Europe. Major suppliers for sorting equipment and developing recycling technologies are profiled.

In this report, NexantECA comments on the motivations behind the recent oxo alcohol capacity additions and provides a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations as well as the conventional and bio-based technology availability from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the oxo alcohol market. As nearly all the global capacity remains based on the conventional routes (as well as all announced capacity additions), the n-butanol, 2-EH, 2-PH and INA production costs via those routes for plants located in the United States, Western Europe, and China have been estimated for the second quarter of 2021. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption as well as regional market dynamics.

Market Analytics: Olefin Feedstocks - 2021 provides a detailed analysis of the regional and country feedstock requirements for olefin production - ethylene, propylene and butadiene - including forecasts to 2045.     Feedstocks include naphtha, methanol, ethanol, ethane, propane, butane, and gas oil.In addition, this report now includes discussion and forecasts of the development of recycled 'plastic oil' as a cracker feedstock.