It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 51 remained unchanged on 25/03/2013.The largest rises were Propylene oxide (1.24%),PA (1.12%),Nickel (1.04%),while the ...
Tags: Commodities Price Chart, China, Chemicals
Taiwan-based Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp (FCFC) plans to undertake maintenance turnaround at its line No.1 of its aromatics plant in March 2013. “The line No.1 of our aromatics plant will undergo a scheduled maintenance ...
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US spot toluene was assessed 8 cents ($24.32/mt) lower Monday compared with Friday's mark at a nearly seven-month low of $4.07/gal ($1,237.28/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast due to weak demand and excess supplies, sources said. The last time spot ...
Tags: toluene, benzene, mixed xylene
Most US ethylene margins rose late last week despite higher feedstock costs as some production issues helped push up ethylene spot prices, Platts data showed late Friday. US spot ethylene moved up 2.25 cents/lb week on week, to be ...
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The spread between Asian styrene monomer and benzene widened to an 18-month high of $339.50/mt last Friday, as limited supply pushed SM prices higher amid a weakening benzene market. The last high for the spread was on September 19, 2011, ...
Tags: SM, benzene, styrene monomer
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,9 commodities increased in prices, 31 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 15/03/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.05%),Chloroform (0.74%),Toluene (0.62%),while the ...
Benzene prices continued to maintain the downward trend in Europe last week. "Global price meltdown and sluggish downstream demand were mainly responsible for the decline," say experts. Prices were assessed in the range of US$ ...
Reignited concerns over the domestic benzene demand as well as a stubbornly closed arbitrage to the US saw European benzene prices plunge below $1,300/mt for the first time since mid-October, Platts data show. Benzene barges were assessed ...
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The Northwest European benzene market tumbled to a 15-week low of $1,335.5/mt Tuesday on a combination of weak downstream demand, upcoming derivatives turnarounds, a closed arbitrage to the US, as well as persistently high inventories, ...
Tags: benzene, US, Platts data
Margins for producing styrene monomer in Asia have shrunk rapidly in March as SM prices tumble amid weak sentiment in China, with the spread to feedstock benzene narrowing 17% and to naphtha shrinking 8% since the end of February, Platts ...
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Marathon Petroleum has declared force majeure on benzene, toluene and mixed xylene, trading sources said Monday. No further details are known and confirmation from Marathon was unavailable as a spokesman at the company declined to comment, ...
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Idemitsu Kosan is operating the Xylene and benzene lines at its two aromatic plants at 100 percent capacity rates mainly due to high margins in the spot market. “The Xylene and benzene lines in the aromatics plants in Chiba and ...
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The Northwest European March benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur1,054/mt, or $1,380/mt, CIF ARA, industry sources confirmed Friday. The settlement represents an increase of Eur14/mt and a decrease of $28/mt compared ...
The spread between Asian toluene and feedstock naphtha was assessed at a more than four-month low of $263.125/mt Wednesday, down $23.275/mt from Tuesday, as the toluene market came under pressure from weak demand and falling domestic China ...
Tags: toluene, feedstock naphtha, Asia, toluene market