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LMC’s new Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives Report delivers a comprehensive overview of fatty acids and their derivatives with >95% market coverage by application. Our bottom-up, volume-driven analysis reconciles the incoherent data sources available in this sector to enable comparative analysis.
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Glycerine’s supply demand balance has been volatile ever since the tsunami of biodiesel-derived volumes transformed its marketplace. LMC has been assessing this ‘see-saw’ for years, supported by our comprehensive understanding and forecasting of glycerine’s supply sources. In LMC’s Glycerine Report, we consolidate our expertise in feedstocks, oleochemicals and biodiesel, as well as glycerine’s fragmented end-uses, to ask if glycerine's current high prices will stay?
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LMC’s 2018 Oleochemicals Report asks where is the value addition in the oleochemical value chain? Brent crude oil prices have rebounded to their highest level since
2014. In parallel, the El Niño recovery has weakened crude palm oil (CPO)
prices, narrowing the gap between CPO and Brent crude. Yet, US ethylene prices
are at record lows, while palm kernel oil (PKO) trades at a large price premium
to ethylene – for the third consecutive year. How can the natural industry
compete?
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As bio-based chemicals and fuels industries look to move away from first generation, food-based raw materials, this new report evaluates the prospects for second generation feedstocks over the next decade. Will there be sufficient, reliable supply at competitive prices?
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The Global Market for Industrial Ethanol – As opposed to fuel and
potable ethanol – is an important and well established sector. But it is
poorly documented and data that does exist is fragmented and
inconsistent. This report addresses the issue and provides clear data
and analysis for the industry.
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