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Blowing Agents Market by Type (HCFCs, HFCs, HCs, & Others), by Foam Type (PU, PS, Phenolic, Polyolefin, & Others) & Geography - Trends and Forecasts to 2019

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Fertilisers and Nitrogen Compounds market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

The petrochemical industry witnessed low activities throughout January with most of these centered in Asia-Pacific. There were four major project announcements in the region with one announcement each in China, India, South Korea and Kazakhstan. PTT Global Chemical announced multiple projects in the region with a total investment of $4.5 billion. In India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) aromatic plant delayed further and is expected to start in Q3 2014.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

The petrochemical industry witnessed low activity throughout December, mostly concentrated in the ethylene and propylene industries. In the Middle East, economic diversification and focus on downstream petroleum products continued to attract investment in new plants. In Iraq, Qatar and Egypt, ethylene and derivatives plants were announced, and in Algeria, a p-xylene plant was announced.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

We expect to see strong growth in the mining sector of the Middle East and North Africa over the coming years. With low base effects, governmental will to increase non-oil revenues and significant resources it appears the region is set for strong growth. We highlight Turkey and Northern Iraq as key areas for growth. That said, the region will remain peripheral in the global mining sector as it continues to underperform due to political instability in much of the region.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

MarketLine's Company Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

Rare earth is a set of 17 chemical elements while the price of medium and heavy rare earth elements is over 10 times higher than that of light rare earth elements because of the scarcity.

We maintain a modest outlook on the US metals sector throughout 2018. Our forecast for an improving US macroeconomic outlook underpins our view that metal production and consumption should see growth, though long-term declines in metal intensity lead us to believe any growth will be minimal. In the short term, we expect that refiners and metal producers will continue bringing production back online as the country's economic outlook improves, particularly in the construction, oil & gas, and automotive sectors. However, production and consumption will probably remain below pre-crisis levels for some time.

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Structural Metal Products market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

The outlook for Italy's metals sector is far from encouraging, as a combination of cheap Chinese imports, low domestic demand and few project expansions mean that growth in consumption and production will be sluggish over the period to 2018. However, we expect Italy to retain its position as the EU's second largest steelmaking country, with a 16% share of production and the status of a new producer.

Super Absorbent Polymers Market by Type (Sodium Polyacrylate, Polyacrylate/Polyacrylamide Copolymer, & Others) & by Application (Baby Diapers, Adult Diapers, Women Sanitary Napkins, Agriculture, & Others) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2019

Conductive Ink Market by Application (Photovoltaic, Membrane Switches, Displays, Bio-Sensor, Automotive), Type (Silver Flake & Nanoparticle, Copper Flake & Nanoparticle, Carbon/Graphene, CNT, Dielectric, Polymer) - Global Trend & Forecast to 2018

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's vast mineral resources will continue to attract international interest, given the country's huge untapped and high-grade reserves. Growth over the next five years will be driven largely by expansions in the copper sector and the Kibali gold mine ramping up to full production. However, while we expect substantial growth in mining output, risks to investment remain numerous, with security concerns and the lack of adequate infrastructure most pressing.

Taiwan's metal producers are feeling the effects of overcapacity across the global metals sector. In particular, we highlight continued overcapacity in the global steel market and the effects this is having on Taiwan's major steelmakers. The Q214 Taiwan Metals reports analyses the outlook for the sector to 2018 and highlights the strategies companies are employing to protect themselves from continued fluctuation in steel prices and demand.

KRAIBURG TPE AMERICAS (KTPE) unveiled its new development/sample line (EL 17) on January 31st of this year, by producing a compound from their THERMOLAST®K series. It has been an important project for KTPE’s Technical, Maintenance and Production departments for the past 12 months. The new extruder line will serve primarily two support functions.

Abraxis LLC, a supplier of rapid detection solutions to the $1 billion food pathogen market, announced that its non-O157 STEC Latex Agglutination Test (LAT) kits have been reviewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and have been listed in the USDA Microbiological Laboratory Guidebook (MLG) as the LAT kits to be used in non-O157 STEC testing.

Pathfinder is presenting “Cost Containment through Effective Project Management” at the 2014 CIM Convention. This session will be Tuesday March 13th from 2:00 – 4:30 in the Construction to Production block.

We forecast Peru's mining sector will experience average annual growth of 4.6% through 2018, driven by investment in both base and precious metals. We expect the sector's total value to reach US $27.7bn. Numerous domestic and international firms have projects in development and construction phases, and the sector presents promising growth opportunities for miners of a wide array of minerals. The Peruvian government estimates current mining investment pipelines through 2020 to total nearly US$57bn, although continued protests by local communities may reduce this figure as project delays mount and costs rise.

We expect solid metals consumption growth in Brazil through 2018 on the back of the automotive, construction and infrastructure sectors, among others. Despite delays in infrastructure spending under the Growth Acceleration Programme, we see an uptick in construction activity in H214 and 2015, which should drive both production and consumption higher. Furthermore, we forecast gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) to accelerate from 2015 through 2018. Additionally, we forecast support for the metals sector due to our forecast for average annual real GDP growth of 3.0% from 2014 to 2018, with growth accelerating over the period.