Research Guides: Chemical & Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar: Business, Market, & Chemical Pricing Resources

Business and Market Information

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Business and Market Research
Links to databases for researching companies and market data, including market research reports. Suggested resources: Factiva for business/company news searching and market research report databases (BCC, MarketResearch.com, Plunkett)

Chemical Pricing & Cost Information

ICIS Chemical Business
- Found in Factiva news database
  - Limit by Source name of ICIS Chemical Business
  - HINT: search - (cost* or pric* or "chemical profile") along your chemical name(s)
    - Example - styrene and (pric* or cost* or "chemical profile")
- List of ICIS Chemical Business chemical profiles by compound (2006-2017)
Chemical Engineering magazine (Plant Cost Index)
- Select the ProQuest TechnologyCollection option (2007-present)
- Search "Plant Cost Index" OR "economic indicators" or CEPCI
- Articles containing the Plant Cost Index may be titled "Economic Indicators" or "Plant Cost Index"
Chemical Week - includes a weekly Price Report. NOTE: UC's online access ceases as of mid-2012.
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets - wide variety of statistical and economic data, including some commodity pricing

Other UC pricing sources with more restricted access:

Thomson Reuters Eikon (DataStream) - current commodity pricing. Login available by contacting Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu .
Bloomberg terminals - current commodity pricing. Only available in College of Business Investment lab.

Chemical Pricing Database (Texas A&M)
**Scroll to bottom to search** (Database (2015-2020) of citations for articles containing chemical pricing from Chemical Week and ICIS Chemical Business. Search by chemical name or CAS Registry number. You will need to locate the full-text article through other UC sources. Contact Ted Baldwin for help.
Other sources for bulk chemical pricing
Includes data sources for pricing (some only contain older costs) and Producer Price Index (PPI) for calculating current cost based on an old cost.
Market Research Reports
Provides a business-oriented perspective on an particular industry, including market and revenue forecasts, technological advances that impact the industry, profiles of companies involved, and sometimes a review of recent patents.
Suggested sources: BCC, MarketResearch.com