Research Guides: CHE5045/5046: Chemical Engineering Process Design: Chemical and Materials Pricing

Pricing Resources

Select the "Nexis Uni" option
HINT: search - (cost* or pric* or "chemical profile") along your chemical name(s)
- Example - styrene and (pric* or cost* or "chemical profile")

Select the ProQuest Technology Collection 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"

Sage Data : powered by Data Planet
(formerly Data-Planet Statistical Datasets) Wide variety of statistical and economic data, including some commodity pricing

Chemical Week
Includes a weekly Price Report. NOTE: UC's online access ceases as of mid-2012.

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 source: BCC