Transparency Market Research (TMR), a market intelligence company based in the U.S., has published a new research report on the global chelating agents market to add to its extensive market study repository. The report, titled "Chelating Agents Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019", is available for sale on the company website.The TMR report states the global chelating agents market totaled revenue of US$3.59 billion in 2012. In terms of volume, the market was gauged to total 970.0 kilo tons the same year. Displaying a modest 3.2% CAGR between 2013 and 2019, the global chelating agents market is estimated to reach US$4.48 billion by 2019.Chelating agents are organic molecules that have the ability to bond with metal ions in more than one form, which adds stability and prevents the harmful effects of metal ions. Due to such properties, chelating agents are used in end user industries such as pulp and paper, cleaning products, and chemical processing, which is mainly driving the global chelating agents market.