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Article: Hydrogen Peroxide Shows Strength Propelled by Surging Paper Market.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- February 7, 2000
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As PULP AND PAPER makers celebrate what appears to be a fully recovered industry, hydrogen peroxide producers are, in turn, enjoying strong sales and attempting to rebuild prices and margins. In a market that has grown 7 to 10 percent during the past year and is projected to remain strong throughout 2000, hydrogen peroxide producers are looking to revaluate their product.
The tight market is pressuring hydrogen peroxide prices, even after successful increases in late 1998 and 1999. "Prices have not yet reached the level at which our business is earning an adequate return on invested capital, nor where peroxide's price reflects its value-in-use in the key end-use ...