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Plastic makers squeezed
The petrochemical industry’s costs are skyrocketing as raw materials grow dearer. `We’re keeping our fingers crossed,’ one executive tells reporter John Spears.
October 15, 2004
Canada: Pinning hopes on the tar sand
Oil sands plants make or lose money on labour costs and the cost of the energy they need to drive the plants — both of which are only marginally important to conventional oil.
July 24, 2004



















