US chlor-alkali plants operated at 81% of capacity in March, the lowest rate since October's level of 79%, data released Wednesday by the Chlorine Institute showed. The operating rate was down two percentage points from February. The ...
Tags: Chlor-Alkali, liquid chlorine
Counter bids for the April Asian Contract Price for paraxylene are seen to come in at around $1,050-1,100/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday. The four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and ...
Tags: Paraxylene, PTA market, PTA producers
US chlor-alkali plants operated at 84% of capacity in February, data released Tuesday by the Chlorine Institute showed. The operating rate was down two percentage points from January. The trade association said US chlor-alkali producers ...
Tags: Chlor-Alkali, chlorine gas
High ethylene prices in Asia have been keeping margins of most ethylene derivatives in the red, forcing some MEG and polyethylene makers to consider trimming operation rates or closing entire production lines, sources said this week. In ...
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
European olefin buyers said they are more optimistic about a decrease in ethylene contract prices than propylene for February, amid tightness in propylene. Buyers are aiming for a fall in both contract prices following the direction of ...
Tags: Spot propylene, CIF NWE, FD NWE, deep sea import
Ethylene spot prices have softened marginally for the first time since December 6 as feedstock naphtha prices fell, sources said. Ethylene was assessed at Eur1,000/mt ($1362) FD NWE Wednesday, down Eur7.50/mt on the day. Naphtha was ...
European high density polyethylene imports were up 13.5% for the first eleven months of 2013 compared to same time period in 2012 driven by reduced HDPE production in Europe, Eurostat data showed Wednesday. EU-28 imported 1,061,966 mt of ...
Tags: Polyethylene, European Production
Electrolytic manganese metal prices have risen as increased domestic demand coupled with reduced run rates at most plants tighten supplies further, sources said Thursday. Platts assessed 99.7% manganese at $2,170-2,220/mt FOB China ...
Tags: Domestic Demand, metal prices
US chlor-alkali facilities operated at 85% of capacity in November, data from the Chlorine Institute showed Tuesday. The operating rates were up six percentage points from October's 79%. The trade association said US chlor-alkali ...
Tags: Chlor-Alkali, Chemicals
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
European polyethylene spot prices have extended their gains this week, rising Eur10/mt ($13.40/mt) on the week to Eur1,270-1,275/mt FD Northwest Europe, which market sources attributed to tighter supplies as European LDPE producers scale ...
Tags: Polyethylene, Tight Supplies
The Asia price spread between paraxylene and feedstock naphtha narrowed $16.12/mt day on day to $485.88/mt last Friday, nearing the lowest level seen in 2013, amid rising PX supply, Platts data showed Monday. The spread is at the second ...
Tags: Paraxylene, PX-Naphtha
Nucor Corporation announced Thursday consolidated net earnings of $147.6 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net earnings of $85.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the second quarter of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Fourth-quarter contract price negotiations in the European caustic soda market have concluded at rollover to Eur15/mt price decreases, depending on the region and customer size, market sources said Monday. Most Q4 contracts were settled ...
Tags: Caustic Soda, Chemicals