The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported that US specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.2% in January 2017. This follows a downwardly revised 0.3% gain in December. Volumes have generally been moving up since May. All changes in the data are reported on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis.   Of the 28 specialty chemical segments we monitor, 15 expanded in January, 10 experienced decline and three were flat. During January, large gains (1.0 percent and over) were noted only in oil...