The Effects of the Coronavirus on Markets

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• Update: Coronavirus impact on European petrochemical market

  Europe is the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic and many of its governments have announced fiscal stimulus and support programmes for business and individuals.
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• White Paper: Asia polymers face more demand weakness

  Polymer prices in Asia are coming under further pressure because of a lack of resin demand as the region grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.
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• Webinar: Biomass markets adjust to challenging times

  25 March: Discussing market developments in APAC, Europe and the US, policy changes impacting wood pellet and PKS trade flows and the outlook for 2020.
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• White Paper: Indian polymers under strain

  India’s polymer trading has slowed amid the coronavirus outbreak in China. Market participants expect further declines from a slowdown in polymer consumption in China.
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• Weekly update on China petrochemicals plants production

  Each week Argus provides updates on petrochemical plants production, polymer plants production and methanol and syngas MEG plants production.
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• Webinar: Dealing with disruption in the iron ore markets

  Join Argus' Chris Newman, senior editor, ferrous markets, for a review on the recent disruptors of iron ore markets.
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• Webinar: Coronavirus outbreak - Impact on base oils

  Join Argus' Guo Harn (Marc) Hong, senior analyst, base oils, for an analysis of the coronavirus impact on global base oils markets.
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• White Paper: Battery Materials - China EV slowdown

  A weaker economy and lower NEV subsidies that were introduced in 2019 precipitated a drop in Chinese NEV production and sales last year. The coronavirus outbreak has put further downward pressure on the sector in 1Q 2020.
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• White Paper: The impact of coronavirus on propylene

  What will be the impact on propylene — for production and consumption — of the continued escalation of the coronavirus crisis and the increasingly stringent measures put in place by governments to control its spread?
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• Webinar (Chinese): China's rare earths market

  Rare earth prices began to fall in late February owing to a rise in supplies as the outbreak eased, and weak demand from downstream sectors. Meanwhile, prices for medium and heavy rare earths have continued to rise since February.
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• White Paper: Coronavirus impact on Asia's steel markets

  Coronavirus impacts have been pronounced across China’s and Asia’s ferrous industry. In its wake, it has exposed unnecessary weaknesses in steel pricing structures. Will the steel industry emerge stronger?
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• Webinar (Chinese): Asia-Pacific's bunker market

  A fall in crude prices and the continued spread of the coronavirus have created substantial market volatility in the marine fuels market. Watch this webinar (Chinese) for updates on the APAC bonded bunkers market.
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• Webinar on global rare earths markets

  Webinar topics include Argus' rare earths coverage, the impact of the virus outbreak on rare earths supply and demand, an overview of rare earths prices in January-February, and an outlook and forecast.
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• White paper: The Coronavirus Impact

  In this white paper, Argus assesses the immediate fallout from the virus on multiple commodities and the potential impact for the rest of this year.
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