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Taiwan's CPC Will Likely Sell 10,000-30,000 Mt of Isomer-Grade Mixed Xylenes in 2014

Dec 11, 2013

Taiwan's CPC will likely sell 10,000-30,000 mt of isomer-grade mixed xylenes in 2014, as it runs one paraxylene units every other month and keeps the other two PX units shut due to thin margins, a market source said Monday. CPC has been ...

Tags: Taiwan, CPC, paraxylene, chemical

BASF Has Received a 100 Percent Rating on The 2014 CEI

Dec 11, 2013

BASF has received a 100 percent rating on the 2014 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey on corporate policies and practices related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender workplace equality. BASF joins 303 major ...

Tags: BASF, CEI, work environment

Cray Valley Has Introduced Krasol LBH 5000M

Dec 10, 2013

Cray Valley has introduced Krasol LBH 5000M, the newest addition to its portfolio of liquid polybutadiene additives. The mono-hydroxyl functional oligomer (monol) is a versatile additive that supports new applications for reactive ...

Tags: liquid polybutadiene additives, Construction

On Tuesday, The CFR China Price of SM Rose $18/Mt Day on Day to $1,686.50/Mt

Dec 9, 2013

The price spread between imported styrene monomer, on a CFR China basis, and domestic SM widened to almost a nine-month high of $54.40/mt on Tuesday, due to stronger prices of SM and benzene in overseas markets, Platts data shows. On ...

Tags: styrene monomer, Chemicals

China Will Expand Its Cooperation Program with The Group of The C4

Dec 5, 2013

China will expand its cooperation program with the group of four major African cotton- producing countries, or the C4, trade officials from the two sides announced at the sidelines of the ongoing 9th Ministerial Conference of the World ...

Tags: Support for African, Cotton-Producing

China's Stock Index Futures Closed Higher on Tuesday

Dec 5, 2013

China's stock index futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the contract for December, the most actively traded, up 0.72 percent from the previous trading day to close at 2,451.6 points. The Jan. 2014 contract gained 0.77 percent to end at ...

Tags: Stock Index Futures, Close Higher, China

China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index Dipped to 50.8

Dec 5, 2013

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) dipped to 50.8 in November, beating the flash estimate of 50.4, a HSBC survey showed on Monday. However, the final reading of the HSBC November manufacturing PMI was down a notch from ...

Tags: Manufacturing PMI, HSBC

Retail Prices of Petrol, Diesel Fuel and Wholesale Prices of Some Oil Products Increased

Dec 5, 2013

Retail prices of petrol, diesel fuel and wholesale prices of some oil products increased in Azerbaijan in accordance with a Tariff Council's decision as of Tuesday. The Council's decision also drives up the tariff for natural gas sales to ...

Tags: Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, Azerbaijan

The MOC Data : China's Services Outsourcing Sector Is Booming

Dec 5, 2013

China's services outsourcing sector is booming, with the latest data showing that the sector's total contract value hit 64.81 billion U.S. dollars in the first 10 months of 2013, up 41.6 percent year on year. Of the total contract value, ...

Tags: Outsourcing, Booming Outsourcing Sector, China

December US Monoethylene Glycol Contracts Will Move Lower Following a Decrease

Dec 5, 2013

December US monoethylene glycol contracts will move lower following a decrease in benchmark price announcements by several major producers. US contracts for fiber and polyethylene terephthalate makers were assessed at 49.25 cents/lb ...

Tags: Monoethylene Glycol, Moving Lower

Nucor and Steel Dynamics Are Pushing $10/St Price Increases

Dec 5, 2013

Nucor and Steel Dynamics are pushing $10/st price increases for rebar effective immediately with new orders, the companies said in letters to customers Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Both said orders confirmed December 2 would be ...

Tags: Nucor, Steel Dynamics

China's Non-Ferrous Metal Production Continued to Rise at a Fast Pace

Dec 5, 2013

China's non-ferrous metal production continued to rise at a fast pace in October, highlighting the industry's lingering overcapacity problem, new official data showed. Combined output of 10 major non-ferrous metal expanded 12.9 percent ...

Tags: Non-Ferrous Metal, China

Dow Chzemical Will Shut The Equivalent of About 800,000 Mt/Year of Chlorine

Dec 4, 2013

Dow Chzemical will shut the equivalent of about 800,000 mt/year of chlorine and caustic soda capacity in Texas and divest chlorine derivatives assets with a value of up to $5 billion, it said Monday. The divestment includes about 40 ...

Tags: Dow Chzemical, Chemicals

At Least Two Chinese Alloy Producers Have Reduced Offers by $5/Mt

Dec 3, 2013

Offers for Chinese ADC12 aluminum alloys have dropped in the last two days ahead of the close of Toyota Motor's tender seeking 10,000 mt/month of molten aluminum alloy and ingot for January-March 2014 on Monday, Japanese traders said ...

Tags: Aluminum Alloy, Toyota

Indo Rama Synthetics Margins Was Be Hit by Intense Competition

Dec 2, 2013

While Chinese polyester players are emerging as "too big to fail", their closest rivals from India have hit the slowdown wall as they struggle with poor economies of scale in the event of weak demand from major markets like Europe. The ...

Tags: Textile, polyester

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