Investors watching the trade tit-for-tat between the United States and China may well have reason to fear the havoc a full blown conflict between the world’s two biggest economies could wreak on the global economy. SEE MORE Low-cost production for US chlor-alkali is an advantage that tends to keep the US market immune to competitive imports of caustic soda. SEE MORE The United States is "opening fire" on the world with its threatened tariffs, the Chinese government warned on Thursday, saying Beijing will respond the instant U.S. measures go into effect as the two locked horns in a bitter trade war. SEE MORE Oil prices fell on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump sent a strident tweet demanding that OPEC cut prices for crude. SEE MORE Australian Mines will set records this week when it ships 40 kilograms of nickel sulfate and 4 kilograms of cobalt sulfate to Korea-based SK Innovation. SEE MORE