China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will likely halve from its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, an industry source said ...
The average price of butadiene in February rose 14% month on month to $2,007.50/mt FOB Korea amid tight availability and new downstream plants coming online. The first of about four butadiene rubber plants starting up in 2013 was ...
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The Northwest European contract price for March-delivered butadiene was fully settled Tuesday at Eur1,415/mt FD NWE ($1,880/mt FD), following confirmation from two producers and two consumers involved in the negotiations. The increase ...
CVC Thermoset Specialties, an Emerald Performance Materials company, offers Hypro 1300X33LC and Hypro 1300X43LC VTBNX. The two new methacrylate-functional reactive liquid polymers (RLPs) are a part of the company's Hypro product line of ...
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ExxonMobil nominated its March US butadiene contract price at 86 cents, up 3 cents/lb ($66/mt), sources said Thursday. ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret Ross declined to comment. Market expectations have been for March US ...
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Asian butadiene prices hit a more than six month high Monday on tight availability amid the startup of new synthetic rubber plants in China and higher naphtha feedstock costs. Butadiene prices surged 44% from a 2012 low of $1,455/mt FOB ...
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U.S. 8,163,824 B2 Bostik, Inc. has been granted a patent for a hot melt adhesive comprised of a blend of 5%-40% weight of a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer is a substantially linear ...
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US-based materials company Styron has introduced two new resins, EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advanced Resins and MAGNUM Mass ABS Resins, for medical equipment housings. According to the firm, the new EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advance Resins are PC/ABS ...
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INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes. The agreement brings together complementary technologies: INVISTA's capabilities ...
Western European production of ethylene, propylene and butadiene in the fourth quarter of 2012 was down from the same period of 2011, according to the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe this week. Ethylene production in the ...
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Versalis, owned by Italian energy group Eni, said Monday it has teamed up with US-based Yulex for a biorubber production project in Europe. The project will cover the entire manufacturing chain from crop science to biorubber ...
The February US butadiene contract price settled at a rollover from January at a 76-83 cents/lb ($1,676-$1,830/mt) split settlement, sources said Monday. Shell Chemical, TPC Group and LyondellBasell settled at 76 cents/lb, while ...
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TPC Group nominated its February US butadiene contract price at a rollover from its January contract price of 76 cents/lb ($1,676/mt), sources said Friday. TPC Group was unavailable to immediately comment. Market expectations ...