When economic crisis hit in 2008, demand for the basic chemicals used in everything from paints to plastic bags plummeted.

当2008年金融危机来袭，从颜料到塑料袋，各种用途的基础化学制品需求量都骤然下降。

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He explained our basic task, the tractor fired up and we were off, riding down the field looking for weeds to spray with chemicals.

他向我们解释了我们的主要工作：拖拉机发动起来，我们就出发，沿着田野寻找可以喷洒化学药剂的杂草。

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And in the 1980s the Wallenbergs lost confidence in basic chemicals and got out of Kema Nobel.

二十世纪80年代瓦伦堡家族对基础化学产业失去信心，于是退出Kema Nobel公司。

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So, the oil price rises and those basic chemicals that are tied to the oil price will also rise.

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He has spent the past two years trying to sell the cyclical chunks of the group, especially basic chemicals, and to concentrate on research-intensive drugs, which produce higher margins and more stable profits.

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In 1991, when the government started liberalizing, the brothers figured they could expand in basic chemicals or move into higher-value work for the drug and chemical industries.

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