# Benzene: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/links/

Every element and industry that Benzene is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Crude oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-crude-oil/): Benzene is extracted from naphtha-derived streams in refineries and crackers, so crude oil sets its cost floor; producers earn the benzene to naphtha spread, which turned negative in March 2026 when naphtha spiked. *(researched)*
- [Coking coal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-coking-coal/): When coking coal is baked into coke for steelmaking, the oven gas carries crude benzol, which is recovered and refined into benzene. It is a by-product whose volume follows steel output, not benzene demand, and it matters most in China, where it supplied about a fifth of benzene in 2022. *(researched)*
- [Phenol and acetone](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-phenol-and-acetone/): Phenol and acetone are made from benzene and propylene through cumene, and the two products always come out together in a fixed ratio. Cumene is benzene's second largest outlet, so phenol demand for resins and plastics pulls on benzene, while acetone prices shape phenol's economics. *(researched)*
- [Styrene](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-styrene/): Styrene is benzene's largest outlet: more than half of world benzene goes into ethylbenzene, almost all of which becomes styrene. China's rapid styrene build has therefore reshaped benzene trade as well as styrene trade. *(researched)*
- [Bisphenol A](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-bisphenol-a/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Caprolactam](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-caprolactam/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Custom synthesis (CDMO)](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-custom-synthesis-cdmo/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Dyes](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-dyes/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Linear alkylbenzene](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-linear-alkylbenzene/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Nylon (PA6, PA66)](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-nylon-pa6-pa66/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Organic pigments](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-organic-pigments/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Pharma starting materials and intermediates](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-pharma-starting-materials-and-intermediates/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Polystyrene and EPS](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-polystyrene-and-eps/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Polyurethanes (MDI, TDI, polyols)](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-polyurethanes-mdi-tdi-polyols/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Refining and reforming](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-refining-and-reforming/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Rubber chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-rubber-chemicals/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Textiles and leather](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/benzene-and-textiles-and-leather/): Textiles and leather depends on benzene.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/correlation/index.md)
- [Production route](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/routes/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/production/index.md)
- [Feedstocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/feedstocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/movement/index.md)
- [Regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/regulation/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/benzene/emissions/index.md)