Although the preference for Australian over US coal continues, US high vol B is still holding its own in the market. Some buyers are now looking to the next benchmark with expectations of a fall from the current $89/mt FOB Australia. One ...
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Shintech will raise its liquid caustic soda prices by $40/dry short ton effective immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said Monday in a notice to customers. The Houston-based producer was the third to say it would raise ...
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Margins for non-integrated styrene monomer producers in Asia shrank to their narrowest in 11 months Monday due to firm feedstock ethylene and tumbling SM market amid weak demand season in the fourth quarter. The margin was calculated at ...
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European methanol traders were not confident the surge in Rhine water depth seen this week would be sustainable and help alleviate supply length hemmed in the Rotterdam hub after levels eased again Tuesday. After water levels jumped to ...
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The US styrene-benzene spread narrowed as it remained below $200/mt, assessed at $161.07/mt Tuesday, down $19.52 on the week, according to Platts data. The spread has been below $200/mt for the majority of November, assessed above $200/mt ...
The Trans-Atlantic gasoline arbitrage reopened Tuesday on the heels of stronger prices in both the Northwest Europe and US East Coast markets. Platts assessed the Eurobob barge at $469.25/mt, or $1.3412/gal, while RBOB cargoes delivered ...
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Some independent teapot refiners in China's eastern Shandong province will be ramping up crude oil imports over the next month in a bid to utilize their import quotas before the end of the year, trade sources said this week. This is ...
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The LED luminaire industry started to attract market attention, after Japanese manufacturer Panasonic launched its first glass omnidirectional LED bulb. The pioneer bulb had a transparent substrate with a dual-sided light emitting surface. ...
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Brazil exported 46.9 million liters of ethanol to Europe in October, the most it had exported to the region on a monthly basis since October 2010, data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) showed Monday. Of that total, 33.6 ...
Demand for imported crude, petroleum bitumen blend and straight-run fuel oil by independent teapot refineries in China's eastern Shandong province was relatively weak over this week, given narrowing refining margins on lower oil prices in ...
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US benzene and toluene markets rose to two-month highs Tuesday to $2.35/gal ($703/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast and $2.25/gal ($684/mt) FOB USG, respectively. Sources attributed gains in both markets to stronger energy as NYMEX December crude ...
The water levels on the Rhine hit critically low levels this week, which threatened to send the cost of transporting and handling a range of oil and chemicals even higher after several months of rising costs. Freight and logistics costs ...
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Spain's Gas Natural Fenosa expects to obtain some early quantities of LNG from the US Sabine Pass LNG terminal during 2016, according to company CEO Rafael Villaseca. The company, which has a 4.8 Bcm/year contract starting in 2017, said ...
Platts EU 45 sugar FOB containers assessment for November shipment was assessed at a premium of $36/mt above the December (Z) White Sugar Futures (London 5) contract Friday, unchanged week on week. Last week Platts heard the first ...
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Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 were steady after the fall last week on the sharp drop in primary aluminum prices, while trade remained thin as there was no significant change in physical buying interest, sources said ...
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