US spot methanol prices reached their highest level in four months Wednesday. Platts assessed methanol at $1.43/gal FOB US Gulf Wednesday. The last time methanol was any higher was on May 2 when it was assessed at $1.44/gal FOB US Gulf. ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to remain its domestic miseuri or spot prices for cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates unchanged for September. It’s learned that NSSC has ...
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The spot price of uranium has dropped by about $1 in the past week to come in at about $34/lb, as a trading company's deal last week to sell material that level continued to depress prices, market analysts said in interviews Tuesday. The ...
The price of Atlantic met coal remained steady Monday, following recent modest fluctuations, with mills and traders moving into the negotiation period for both contract and spot deals. One European-based trader said he would be buying in ...
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The September US mixed xylene contract price settled at $4.25/gallon ($1,287.75/mt), an increase of 33 cents ($99.99/mt) from the mark for August, industry sources said Tuesday. The settlement was in line with market expectations, ...
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A combination of planned and unplanned outages sent ethylene spot prices to a 2013 high of Eur1,180-1,185/mt ($1,560-1,5667/mt) FD NWE Friday, soaring by Eur98/mt on the week. Volatility of feedstocks added to upward pressure on spot ...
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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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US spot mixed xylene was last assessed Friday at a five-month high of $4.25/gal ($1,296.85/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast after a trade was heard at that level for August, sources said. The spot assessment has not been this high since March 13, ...
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Chinese electrolytic manganese spot prices climbed further this week -- the second weekly price gain in a month -- as demand for the ferroalloy got a boost from strengthening steel market sentiment. Platts assessed the price of 99.7% ...
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US monoethylene glycol contracts are set to move higher in September, with multiple producers planning to increase prices, sources said Thursday. MEGlobal is raising its North American Benchmark price to 60 cents/lb ($1,323/mt), a 3 ...
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The nitration grade toluene's discount to TDI quality material has widened once again in Europe, as interest from gasoline blenders and traders, who could work the arbitrage into the US, is receding, according to industry sources. The TDI ...
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It’s reported that the spot prices of heavy plates did not increase as well after the US steelmaker announced to hike the heavy plate prices by US$33/ton. With the enough stock from the local stockiest, the customers were not ...
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It’s reported that Hebei Steel announced to raise its rebar prices for August deliveries. The company decided to hike its HRB400 rebar with diameter of 18-25mm by RMB100/ton to RMB3,620/ton. Meanwhile, the spot prices for ...
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Natural rubber surpluses and poor demand, especially from China, will weigh on spot prices for the commodity, Germany's Commerzbank said in a report issued Tuesday. "Several years of supply surpluses on the global rubber market have ...
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China's thermal coal imports in June fell 24% on the month to 9.75 million mt, the country's lowest monthly intake since February when imports were severely impacted by the Lunar New Year holiday, according to China customs data released ...
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