The average price of butadiene in February rose 14% month on month to $2,007.50/mt FOB Korea amid tight availability and new downstream plants coming online. The first of about four butadiene rubber plants starting up in 2013 was ...
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US prices for all Formosa Plastics liquid caustic soda products will increase by $30/dry st immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said in a letter to customers Wednesday. The company did not provide a reason for the ...
Inventory levels of mixed xylenes imported into East China increased by 9,000 mt, or 20%, week on week to 54,000 mt Friday, market sources said Friday. "Almost 60% of the MX inventory currently in East China storages is solvent-grade ...
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European linear low density polyethylene C4 prices held steady this week, supported by bullish sentiment in the Middle East, sources said. While European LDPE and high density PE spot prices fell on lower risk appetite in the European ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 30/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.35%),Zinc (1.34%),Mild steel plate (1.22%),while the ...
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Ineos Phenol plans to increase its US acetone prices by 6 cents/lb ($132.28/mt) on February 4, according to a letter the company sent to its customers January 25 and obtained by Platts Wednesday. Ineos produces 1.2 million mt of ...
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The February US butadiene contract price settled at a rollover from January at a 76-83 cents/lb ($1,676-$1,830/mt) split settlement, sources said Monday. Shell Chemical, TPC Group and LyondellBasell settled at 76 cents/lb, while ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 25/01/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (0.81%),Acrylic acid (0.69%),Iron ore ...
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Asian LNG prices will remain predominantly oil-linked for the foreseeable future, Shahriar Fesharaki, COO at consultancy Facts Global Energy, said at a conference in Singapore Friday. "Asian LNG price will remain predominantly linked ...
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China's dependence on foreign crude oil and refined oil products is set to increase, but the government has placed a cap at 61% of total requirements for the end of the current five-year economic plan in 2015, according to a new government ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,20 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 24/01/2013.The largest rises were Phenol (1.50%),Coke (0.79%),Color coated sheet (0.68%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,26 commodities increased in prices, 18 fell and 55 remained unchanged on 23/01/2013.The largest rises were Methanol (0.71%),Color coated sheet (0.68%),PC (0.49%),while the ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,26 commodities increased in prices, 28 fell and 45 remained unchanged on 21/01/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (1.63%),Methanol (1.60%),Silver (1.09%),while ...
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Analysts expect that the US Energy Information Administration on Thursday will estimate a natural gas storage withdrawal of between 137 and 141 Bcf for the reporting week ended Friday. A drawdown within expectations would be greater ...
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Prompt gas prices on the UK's NBP gas trading hub Wednesday hit the highest levels since December 7 as temperature forecasts were revised lower and domestic storage stocks were heavily called upon to meet demand, sources said. The ...
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