US biodiesel assessments plunged Monday to their lowest levels in at least two months on combined weakness from RINs prices and NYMEX ULSD futures. Chicago SME biodiesel and US Gulf Coast SME biodiesel were both assessed 14.5 cents lower ...
Japan imported 4,536 mt of styrene-butadiene-rubber solids in July, up 22% from 3,732 mt in June but down 26% from 6,129 mt a year earlier, data released Friday by the Rubber Trade Association of Japan showed. The country has imported ...
Tags: Chemicals, styrene-butadiene-rubber solids, Synthetic rubber
US spot paraxylene was assessed at a five-month high of $1,460/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The last time spot paraxylene was seen higher than this level was on March 21, when it was assessed at $1,475/mt FOB USG, according to ...
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European linear low density polyethylene C4 contract prices logged a Eur20/mt ($26.50/mt) gain on the week to touch a four-and-a-half month high of Eur1,450-1,455/mt FD Northwest Europe, buoyed by tight supplies and oil price spike, sources ...
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US biomass-based diesel production in July rose by 10.21% from June to 166.36 million gallons, according to data released Thursday through the US Environmental Protection Agency's Moderated Transaction System website. Monthly ...
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Central Appalachian thermal coal prices fell for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, pushing front-year calendar prices to multi-year lows. Both the CAPP barge physical and rail (CSX) swap contracts traded lower in a mid-afternoon ...
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China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has cut its ex-works price of orthoxylene in East China by Yuan 200/mt, or 1.9%, effective Tuesday, market sources said. Yangzi-BASF and Sinopec Zhenhai, the company's subsidiaries in East ...
The northwest Europe styrene premium to benzene has hit its highest level in over one month on tight supplies following a potential production issue and vessel delays, according to market sources. At Tuesday's European close, the NWE 3-30 ...
In results published today (27 August), the Greenock-based polythene manufacturer said that operating profits increased 14% to 16.4m. Chairman Cameron McLatchie said: "The improvement in operating profits can be attributed to another ...
Net profit at China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) rose 7.9 percent in the first half of 2013, the company said Tuesday. Net profit hit 34.4 billion yuan (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half and sales revenue grew 15.8 ...
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US ethanol production fell 13,000 b/d to a three-week low of 844,000 b/d the reporting week ended August 16, but ethanol stocks rose 57,000 barrels to 16.482 million barrels, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. The ...
Total investment in Britain's' oil and gas industry is expected to reach 13.5 billion pounds (about 21 billion US dollars) this year, hitting an all-time high, said the industry group Oil & Gas UK in its annual economic report issued on ...
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Turnover generated by Surteco declined in the first half of 2013 in both strategic business units (SBUs). Turnover in the SBU Paper showed a minus of 7.6% and that in the SBU Plastics was down by 4.1%. Total Surteco turnover, at ...
Despite the continued challenging market environment, Henkel delivered a strong second quarter, according to the company. "We significantly increased both sales and earnings with all our three business sectors contributing. Our adjusted ...
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China is expected to surpass the US as the world's largest oil importer by 2017, and the opposing trend of growing crude oil imports by China and falling imports by the US will affect inter-regional trade flows and the cost to both ...
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