China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has raised its East China price for isomer-grade mixed xylenes by Yuan 200/mt or 2.3% effective Monday, market sources said Tuesday. The company's isomer-MX ex-works price at its four ...
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The September US mixed xylene contract price settled at $4.25/gallon ($1,287.75/mt), an increase of 33 cents ($99.99/mt) from the mark for August, industry sources said Tuesday. The settlement was in line with market expectations, ...
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South Korea's HC Petrochem plans to further cut runs at its No 2 aromatics plant at Daesan to 70% from early next week, due to weak production margins for paraxylene, a company official said Thursday. "Operating at 70% capacity is the ...
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The Asian toluene market led a price surge in most Asian aromatic products early Wednesday, driven by crude oil futures rising on geopolitical tensions in Syria. Front-month ICE Brent crude futures hit a six-month high Wednesday, with ...
According to the agency, the aim was to shift the brand's positioning from promoting sports performance, to becoming the "beacon brand for physique development". Blue Marlin created a new slogan, You at your best, and the pack incorporates ...
The US-Asia isomer-grade mixed xylenes arbitrage has shut on paper after being open for about a month, hit by higher US prices overnight Tuesday, Platts data showed Wednesday. Asian isomer-MX CFR Taiwan was assessed at $1,297/mt Tuesday, ...
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Asia could be looking at a shortfall of around 120,000 mt/month of isomer-grade mixed xylenes from late September through October due to refinery turnaround season in Japan and South Korea, a market source said Tuesday. "Supply in Asia is ...
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Hyundai Cosmo (HC) Petrochemical Ltd. is operating its Daesan, South Korea-based No.2 aromatics plant at reduced rate. “The No. 2 aromatics plant is running at 80 percent operating rates due to lower Mixed Xylene (MX) – ...
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European Union researchers using the GEANT network will, from Wednesday, be able to access capacity of up to 2 terabits per second. GEANT is the superfast pan-European research network that helped discover the Higgs Boson particle at the ...
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The upcoming Alfa Romeo Spider planned to go on sale in 2015 will combine 125kW of power with a kerb weight of around 1000kg according the latest reports. Autocar reports the Alfa Romeo Spider, which will share its underpinnings with the ...
Alfa Romeo will cease production of its front-wheel drive-hatchbacks and shift to rear-wheel-drive models in early 2015, according to an overseas report. Car magazine claims the front-wheel-drive Alfa Romeo Mito and Giulietta hatches ...
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A 52-inch sleeper variant of Kenworth’s new-generation T680 was available to drive at a mid-July Kenworth customer event at its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. T680 Kenworth’s “new-generation” bowed in with the T680 at ...
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The 2014 Mazda 3 is entering a segment that has never been so globally competitive. With a worldwide trend of consumer downsizing, the third-generation Mazda 3 aims to offer the cutting-edge technology and refined driving dynamics ...
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Engineers behind the new 2014 Mazda 3 have tuned the steering setup of the third-generation 3 to the point that it mimics the best parts of a manual steering system for better response and feedback. The company’s head of vehicle ...
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US spot mixed xylene prices have fallen a total of 11 cents ($33.33/mt) since June 17, last assessed Friday at $3.90/gal ($1,181.70/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, which sources attributed to bearish demand and a weaker energy complex. MX prices ...
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