Overview of industrial environment sources
Sources of factual information - Data overview and validation

For mercurials, statistical data and time series, the sources can be relied upon with the utmost confidence. These include

• CHEMINTEL [Chemical Intelligence Service (GB)] : several files by fields and geographical areas (trade and production statistics ; chemical plants) ;

• STATSID [SNEA, Total CFP and IFP (Fr)] on hydrocarbons and petrochemicals;

• Chemical Age Project File [Pergamon Ltd (GB)]: data on chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical plants;

• Chemical Economics Handbook online [SRI International (USA)] on 1,300 products marketed in the USA;

• Chemical Industry Notes [Chemical...