Americas Styrenics will increase the transaction price for all grades of polystyrene by 7 cents/lb ($154/mt), effective July 1, according to a letter sent to customers Monday and obtained by Platts. Americas Styrenics' increase follows ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to C3 Petrochemicals LLC in Alvin, Texas. C3 plans to construct a new propane ...
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European butyl acetate producers are again struggling to pass on feedstock increase this month and are having to accept declining margins, sources said this week. Butac is produced from iso-butanol, a propylene derivative, and acetic ...
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European ethylene spot prices jumped Thursday following a fire earlier in the week at Shell's Moerdijk site in the Netherlands, sources said Friday, adding that they expect olefin supply from the steam cracker at the site to be affected. ...
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US June propylene contract prices settled down 3 cents/lb ($66/mt) from May, sources said Friday. The decrease puts prices for polymer-grade propylene at 67.5 cents/lb ($1,488/mt) and chemical-grade propylene at 66 cents/lb ($1,455/mt) ...
The electronic cigarette industry has become a booming industry . This innovative product is a hit with smokers, especially to those who want to quit . In the United States , the report released last month by the CDC (Centers for Disease ...
The electronic cigarette is much better than tobacco The electronic cigarette has become very popular very quickly. Market this innovative product grows as everyone can see at an incredible speed. Why this success? The many reasons but ...
Carla Bruni adopts Cigattitude fan of the electronic cigarette Electronic cigarette! Everyone is talking about! She quickly became famous to the point that it has become fashionable among both the general public as among people . Some of ...
The Asian price spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened by $7.50/mt to $250/mt early Thursday afternoon following an SM plant outage in Europe, but high stocks in China were expected to limit the widening of ...
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Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
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Domestic demand for propane and propylene in the US declined 30% last week, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. At the same time, US propane and propylene stocks increased by 3.686 million barrels to 45.77 million ...
US demand for solvents is expected to increase at a 1.5 percent annual pace through 2018 to 11 billion pounds, driven by a robust recovery in construction spending along with a continued rebound in manufacturing output. Strength in both ...
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US propane and propylene stocks increased 2.17 million barrels in the reporting week that ended May 23, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. A week earlier, the build was almost identical at 2.18 million barrels. The ...
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Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim Thursday increased the prices of polyolefins by $15-20/mt, sources said. Petkim was not immediately available to confirm. New list prices for low density polyethylene, high density PE injection ...
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Ethylene spot prices in Northwest Europe increased marginally week on week to Eur885/mt ($1,214/mt) FD NWE Friday on the back of a fall in steam cracker utilization rates, which helped managed the oversupply in ethylene, sources said. ...
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