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POLYETHYLENE
World consumption now tops 60m tonnes / Slack growth and scant capacity expansion in western Europe / Asia overtakes North America / Central and eastern Europe in the fast lane, too
World polyethylene consumption has now topped 60m t a year and is still growing. The polymer with the simplest molecular structure now accounts for just ...
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