Review of the Methanol Production in the CIS

     Methanol is poisonous and that it is. Everybody knows that even minute quantity of the substance is enough to cause lesions of nervous and vascular systems and as a result blindness or even lethal outcome. But being used for technical purposes, this product is invaluable since it can be applied in different fields. Methanol is a product of large-scale chemistry used for manufacturing such products as formaldehyde, methyl-tret-butyl-ether, isoprene, acetic acid, methyl methacrylate, etc. What is the situation at the CIS methanol market at the moment, who are the main manufacturers of this material and what are the prospects of the industry, all these issues are highlighted in the given article.

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