The issue of ICIS Chemical Business for the week of May 9, 2011, features a cover story and several related articles on feedstock price hikes threatening surfactants and oleochemicals. There is also an interview with Huntsman’s CEO and president; a look at inflation in China; margins for Asian styrene are suffering; and with the excess natural gas in the US and the resulting ethane advantage, many companies are playing ethylene expansions, including Dow Chemical.
