US propane and propylene stocks fell 533,000 barrels to 65.97 million barrels for the reporting week ended October 18, data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The change in stocks was in line with market ...
ccAgrochemical & Chemicals gained CNY 2.44 billion incomes in the first nine months, up 11.76% year on year. The company made CNY 234 million net profits, soaring 1927.34%; and it recorded CNY 1.1835 earnings per share.
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European polyethylene prices have fallen in the run-up to the K Fair international plastics and rubber trade fair in Dusseldorf, on the back of volatile upstream prices and robust supplies which kept buying hesitant, sources said. Low ...
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European styrene prices continued to fall Tuesday, continuing the bearish domestic trend seen since the start of September as sellers continued to look to offload excess supply in Europe. However, sources pointed to alternative export ...
Chicago Argo ethanol was assessed Monday at a two-week high of $2.07/gal amid stronger corn futures and tight ethanol supply, sources said. Specifically, the Chicago Argo ethanol assessment rose 1.5 cents from Friday to the highest level ...
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US spot toluene prices reached a near three-month low assessment Thursday at $3.75/gal ($1,140/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast. Spot prices were last seen at this level on July 9, according to Platts data. Sources said the downward pressure on ...
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South Korea imported 16,769 mt of ethanol in August, up 34% from July, and up 5.6% on the same month a year ago, according to customs data released Friday. The biggest increase was seen in imports of undenatured ethanol, which surged 259% ...
DuPont announced that it will increase prices on all of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific regions effective Oct. 1, 2013, or as contracts allow, as ...
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Current-year ethanol RINs production in August fell by 18.73 million RINs to 1.129 billion RINs, according to data released Tuesday through the US Environmental Protection Agency's Moderated Transaction System website. With EPA setting ...
Hong Kong's Environmental Protection Department aims to lower the maximum allowable sulfur content in bunker fuel to 0.5% from January 2015, an official at the department said Friday. The department plans to submit the legislative proposal ...
China's domestic isomer-grade mixed xylenes prices have strengthened partly due to the startup of Dragon Aromatics' new 800,000 mt/year paraxylene plant in Fujian province late August, market sources said Thursday. "Hikes in domestic ...
China is expected to become the world's third-largest natural gas producer in 2035, an official with the International Gas Union (IGU) said Thursday. Torstein Indreb, secretary general of IGU, made the remarks at the 2013 China ...
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Uranium prices are at their lowest level in nearly eight years, as investors and utilities give up on a quick revival for nuclear power. The market for the radioactive fuel hasn't recovered from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ...
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Relative strength in premiums for the sour Middle Eastern crude market seen in recent days showed continued upward momentum Wednesday, as Asian refiners look to cover winter requirements and Chinese buyers look to re-stock, trading sources ...
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MEGlobal on Monday nominated its October Asian contract price for monoethylene glycol at $1,220/mt CFR, up $10 from its price for September, a company source said in an email. The October ACP reflects the short-term supply and demand ...
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