President Donald Trump has made clear his intention of “bringing back coal.” He has rolled back environmental regulations and moved to repeal the previous administration's curbs on carbon emissions from power plants. SEE MORE The dead of winter normally is a good time for growers to buy fuel they’ll need to get crops up and growing in the spring. But instead of cooling off, the energy market heated up, which could limit buying opportunities. SEE MORE Dealers are ringing in the New Year with updated price sheets that show higher costs for most nutrients, reflecting the fall rally on the global fertilizer market. While nitrogen continues to pace the round of increases, potash and phosphates also have a firmer tone as 2018 begins. SEE MORE Japan’s Ube Industries, JSR Corp., and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., have integrated their ABS resin businesses, in a move which had been previously announced in March 2017. SEE MORE The polyvinyl chloride (PVC) outlook in Latin America for early 2018 remains tentative, after markets weakened in November and December as expected and in line with precedent.The year-end holidays, along with destocking to minimise tax exposure, drove softening PVC markets and prices around the world, including in Latin America. SEE MORE