The Chinese Government has given its final approvals to the BP Global Petrochemicals and its partner Zhuhai Port for the construction of a third purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Zhuhai, Guangdong. Expected to start up in late ...
Tags: PTA Plant, Petrochemicals
British multinational oil and gas company BP and its partner Zhuhai Port have received final approval from the Chinese Government for the construction of a third purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, at Zhuhai, Guangdong. PTA is a key ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, gas
Poor demand has led Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals to reduce operating rates at its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant. “We are currently operating the PTA plant located in Iwakuni at 75% of production capacity because of poor ...
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The average production margin for Asian purified terephthalic acid in May rose to minus $48.89/mt, the highest level seen since July 2012, amid firm PTA demand for polyester, Platts data showed. In April, the average stood at minus ...
The Asia Contract Price for paraxylene is likely to reach a settlement for June, after no conclusion for May, as a firmer purified terephthalic acid production margin has narrowed the gap between buyers and sellers, sources close to the ...
Tags: paraxylene, Chemicals
The Asian purified terephthalic acid margin on a spot basis hit a 10-month high Tuesday amid the bearish market for feedstock paraxylene due to active selling by Chinese PTA producers, Platts data showed. Based on Platts PTA and PX ...
The backwardation structure in the Asian paraxylene market narrowed to $2/mt Thursday from $5/mt Wednesday as front-month laycans were seen to be weaker than back-month and amid heavy spot PX selling by Chinese purified terephthalic acid ...
Tags: Chemicals, PTA producers
Major Chinese purified terephthalic acid makers offered down their paraxylene feedstock Monday as the May PX Asia contract price failed to settle at the end of April. The PX ACP, negotiated monthly between four PX producers and five PTA ...
Tags: PTA, PX Feedstock, ACP
China based - Xianglu Petrochemical plans to start a new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant by the end of the third quarter. “Trial runs at the plant located at Fujian province, China are planned to be undertaken in the ...
Tags: Xianglu Petrochemical, PTA plant
Kazakhstan is planning to invest in setting up a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at the cost of US$ 450 million in the Belarusian town of Mogilev. The existing location of OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno is being considered for setting up ...
After hitting an eight-month low on March 28, Asian isomer-grade mixed xylenes have seen a marked rebound as bargain hunters returned to the market and the downstream paraxylene sector showed signs of rising demand. From $1,119.50/mt FOB ...
Tags: Asian Isomer-Mx, Downstream
A purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant operated by Mitsui Chemicals is presently operating at reduced capacity. “The PTA plant located at Iwakuni in Japan is currently running at 75% capacity rate, due to reduced demand for ...
Tags: PTA Plant, Mitsui Operating
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei. Brunei Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co., will use several ...
Tags: aromatics, Brunei Petrochemical
Buyers of polyethylene terephthalate in Europe are reluctant to build inventories as they expect PET prices to decline in April, market sources said this week. These expectations are being driven by weaker upstream markets, as contract ...
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Amoco Mitsui PTA Indonesia declared force majeure on purified terephthalic acid supplies from its 485,000 mt/year plant at Merak, with effect from Monday this week, after the operating rate at the plant unexpectedly dropped, sources close ...