The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported that US specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.3 percent in December. This follows an upwardly revised 0.5 percent gain in November. 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, seventeen expanded in December, ten markets experienced decline and one was flat. During December, large gains (1.0 percent and over) we...