South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will fall by up to half of its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, a market source said ...
Tags: solvent-grade mixed xylenes, butane, LPG
Initial settlements for US March propylene contract prices called for a 1.5-cent/lb ($33/mt) decrease from February, market sources said Tuesday. The decrease, if settled marketwide, would put polymer-grade propylene prices at 72 cents/lb ...
Coal shipments to South Korea from Port Waratah Coal Services' terminals at the Australian port of Newcastle slumped 55% from January to 993,000 mt in February, the company said Thursday. The drop comes after Port Waratah's terminals ...
Tags: Coal Imports, Newcastle Port, Coal shipments
The European MTBE factor reached its highest level in eleven months Tuesday supported by ongoing demand for exports, according to market sources. The factor was calculated at 1.204, with MTBE FOB ARA at $1,147/mt versus Ebob gasoline at ...
Tags: MTBE Exports, Chemicals
March contracts for US orthoxylene rolled over for March, settling at 58.5 cents/lb ($1,290/mt), market sources said Thursday. Contracts were settled Wednesday, they said. Sources said sellers went into negotiations seeking a slight ...
Tags: orthoxylene, Chemicals, March contracts
Several US ferrosilicon market participants believe the preliminary determination giving a 0% margin on imports of Russian ferrosilicon and a 27.27% margin for imports of Venezuelan material, announced Wednesday, could have a near-term ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Antidumping Finding
The transaction prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province stood at Yuan 2,460-2,510 ($400-408) /mt on March 3, down 1.6% from Yuan 2,500-2,550/mt on January 28, with the widely expected post-holiday ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Steel Market
The spot price of uranium is about $35.25/lb, down 5 cents from Friday, as some sellers in the market, seeing demand wane, have lowered offer prices to conclude deals, analysts said Tuesday. Price publisher TradeTech said Friday in its ...
Tags: uranium, Discretionary Demand
US polyethylene contracts rose 4 cents/lb in February after producers were successful in implementing the hike that had been anticipated since the end of 2013, market sources said. Producer sources had expressed confidence in obtaining ...
Tags: Polyethylene, Chemicals
Chemical tanker Bochem Oslo is preparing to load a substantial volume of ethanol from Rotterdam before heading to Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, as multi-year low European prices beat competition from the US and Brazil, market ...
Tags: Vessel, Rotterdam Ethanol
Shell Chemicals nominated its March US butadiene contract price up 8 cents/lb ($176/mt) from February to 68 cents/lb ($1,499/mt), sources said Thursday. Shell officials could not be reached immediately for confirmation. TPC Group also ...
Chinese steel mills' credit woes have further depressed domestic silicomanganese prices, market sources said Monday. Domestic silicomanganese prices were pegged by the sources at about Yuan 6,600/mt ($1,083/mt), about Yuan 200-300/mt ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Mineral
Central Appalachian thermal coal prices closed mixed in the session, with only two trades seen Monday. A CAPP barge time spread was seen trading in the late morning, while a CAPP rail (CSX) quarterly swap went through after the 4 pm EST ...
Tags: CAPP Coal, Low Volume Session
High inventories have pushed the spot price of monoethylene glycol in China to the lowest level seen since July 2012, Platts data showed Tuesday. Weakness in the domestic market pressured down the import price of MEG to $916/mt CFR China ...
Tags: MEG Prices, Domestic Market
Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
Tags: thermal coal, Mineral