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Synthetic rubber (SBR, butyl)
Shanghai, China31.20°N 121.49°E
computed criticality10/100
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China #1 producer of synthetic rubber (Sinopec is world's largest)
2024Fault line
Half the world's rubber is synthetic (SBR for tyres, butyl for sealing), made from petrochemicals. China and the big petrochemical groups hold most, downstream of naphtha and butadiene.
Actors
Sinopec
Chinese producers
LANXESS
Sibur
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