KNOXVILLE,Term.-When it conies to feedstocks for synthetic rubber,one axiom that holds true in many cases is that rubber industry demand really doesn't impact pricing that much.That's because in many cases,such as with butadiene,the supply and pricing is left to the mercy and needs of other sectors,according to Bill Hyde,vice president of olefins and elastomers at Chemical Market Analytics.Hyde gave his address at the ACS Rubber Division International Elastomer Conference in Knoxville under the Chemical Market Analytics company moniker,which was the base chemical group that was formerly part of IHS Markit.That unit was acquired by Dow Jones as part of the divestiture required when IHS Markit merged with S&P Global.Here are five takeaways from his talk.
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