Monoethylene Glycol producer – MEGlobal has not revised its Asian Contract Price (ACP) for arrivals in March from that in February. MEGlobal announced its March ACP at US$ 1310/ton, unchanged from the ACP in February 2013. ...
The February US benzene contract price settled 36 cents/gal ($107.64/mt) lower at $4.80/gal ($1,435.20/mt), sources said Thursday. The last time the benzene CP settled lower was in September, when it settled at $4.20/gal, down 40 ...
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The four paraxylene Asia Contract Price-based sellers, ExxonMobil, Idemitsu Kosan, JX Nippon Oil and Energy and S-Oil, who typically lower their nominations to meet bid levels have not done so for the February ACP as spot prices have ...
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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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TPC Group nominated its February US butadiene contract price at a rollover from its January contract price of 76 cents/lb ($1,676/mt), sources said Friday. TPC Group was unavailable to immediately comment. Market expectations ...
The European monoethylene glycol January contract price was fully settled Wednesday at Eur1,068/mt ($1,422/mt) FD NWE, industry sources said Thursday. This represents an increase of Eur20/mt on December. The initial settlement ...
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ExxonMobil nominated its February US butadiene contract price unchanged from January as 83 cents/lb ($1,830/mt), sources said Wednesday. ExxonMobil was unavailable to confirm immediately. Market expectations were for a rollover ...
The total investment in real estate development in 2012 was 7,180.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 16.2 percent (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 14.9 percent), decreased 0.5 percentage points over the first eleven ...
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A survey reveals that 90% of people said they wouldn’t change their current mobile provider to have access to 4G. According to Virgin Media Business the top reason consumers will not change providers for 4G access is to save money. ...
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The January US terephthalic acid contract price was heard settling at 67.22 cents/lb ($1,482/mt), up 2.83 cents/lb after Thursday's settlement of the US paraxylene contract, industry sources said. Demand for US PTA remained low, while ...
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In Korea, O-Xylene prices surged up in the week ending January 12, 2013. Overall, market sentiment and downstream demand improved. In the initial days of the reporting week, prices were assessed at US$ 1590/ton higher by US$ 35/ton, as ...
Term contract discussions between Asian purified terephthalic acid producers and end-users are at a stalemate over a failure to agree on a new pricing formula, industry sources said Friday. The two sides typically finalize their term ...
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Prices for polyethylene terephthalate look set to climb over the coming weeks and months, as producers struggle to achieve acceptable margins while feedstock prices increase. So far this year, the European spot price assessment has ...
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The January US mixed xylene contract price settled 36 cents ($109.08/mt) above December's mark at a record high of $4.66/gal ($1,411.98/mt), sources said Tuesday. Sources expected the CP to settle at a record high due to higher spot ...
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Styron Europe will seek to increase general purpose and high-impact polystyrene prices in January by Eur110/mt ($143/mt), the company said Friday. "The price increase responds to the rising costs associated with the manufacturing of ...
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