Soaps and Detergents & the Inorganics Supply Chain

The soap and detergent demand segment plays a key role in several inorganic commodity markets, such as caustic soda, sodium carbonate (soda ash), hydrogen peroxide, and sodium sulfate. Soaps are alkali salts of fatty acids with small amounts of other ingredients added. Detergents are a more complicated mixture of substances, all chosen to impart a […] The post Soaps and Detergents & the Inorganics Supply Chain appeared first on Dow Jones .