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CHE 4310: Chemical Commodity Prices

Finding Chemical Pricing in ICIS Chemical Business

ICIS Chemical Business provides summaries of key events, pricing, trends, and market outlooks for chemicals.  The individual Chemical Profiles published weekly, such as this profile for US Acetone, provide recent production and demand information for chemicals, including a price history. This guide from the University of Texas Libraries lists the ~50 chemicals that are profiled in ICIS Chemical Business. 

ICIS Chemical Business is available from 2006-present via Nexis Uni, where you can search within the publication for your chemicals of interest.  The default settings search within the previous 2 years, but you can change the search timeline as needed: