The building and construction industry is witnessing significant investments not only in the emerging economies but also in developed countries, including the US. The governments of China, India, Japan, the US, Turkey, France, the UAE, and Qatar are spending substantially on various infrastructure facilities. In addition, in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, the government focus has shifted toward the non-oil sector.

Rigid transparent plastics maintain their original shapes while holding a product and have light transmission property and more than 85% transparency. Rigid transparent plastics include polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA), styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), , and others.

Talc is a soft mineral, which is chemically composed of magnesium, silica, and water.The chemical composition for talc is hydrated magnesium silicate. The chemical formula usually remains close to this generalized composition but sometimes there are variations in the structure due to the substitution of magnesium by other elements.When ferrous ions substitute magnesium ions of talc, then minnesotaite is formed.Similarly, when aluminum ion substitutes magnesium, then pyrophyllite is formed. Talc has the tendency to form pseudomorphs from different minerals. Some of the commonly pseudomorphed minerals are quartz, dolomite, pyroxenes, and calcite.Kerolite, magnesium talc, soapstone, and steatite are the terms that are generally used for referring talc.

本周申万化工监测的 93 种化工品价格，本周环比上涨品种占 40%（上周为 29%），持平占 34%（上周为47%），下跌占 26%（上周为 24%），化工品整体上涨，整体平均涨跌幅约为 0.81%。涨幅前五的分别为苯胺（19.0%）、东南亚乙烯（+12.7%）、DMF（+10.9%）、己二酸（+8.0%）、东南亚甲苯（+7.4%），跌幅前五的产品分别为波罗的海一铵（-9.8%）、硝酸（-6.2%）、国际天然气（-4.9%）、原盐（-4.8%）、顺丁橡胶(-4.4%)。

在下半年确定性较强的安全环保约束下，部分供需格局向好的子行业仍有望维持景气，如受益地产后周期的纯碱、PVC，汽车产业链的炭黑、橡胶助剂，纺织服装产业链的聚酯、粘胶等。