China's surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, when the country's central bank set the official value of the renminbi about 2% weaker against the dollar, has not hit the petrochemicals complex in a significant way, industry ...
Tags: polymer, carbide PVC
The market structure for FOB Korea toluene flipped into a backwardation Wednesday, supported by tight supply of prompt-delivery cargoes and keen buying interest, said market sources. Platts assessed the FOB Korea toluene marker at ...
Tags: Toluene, paraxylene plants
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 ...
The spread between Asian toluene and feedstock naphtha was assessed at a more than four-month low of $263.125/mt Wednesday, down $23.275/mt from Tuesday, as the toluene market came under pressure from weak demand and falling domestic China ...
Tags: toluene, feedstock naphtha, Asia, toluene market
Toluene market showed signs of improvement in Europe in the week ending February 16, 2013. Market was dull since the start of this year. Prices were hovering around US$ 1290-1310/ton FOB Rotterdam in the initial days of January 2013. ...
Tags: Toluene market, improvement, Europe
China's domestic toluene price has fallen 4.8% in seven trading days since hitting a peak of Yuan 10,375/mt on January 7, Platts data showed Wednesday. The price was heard at Yuan 9,900/mt, or $1,309.81/mt on an import parity basis ...
European Toluene market had dull sentiments in the earlier days of this month. Upstream product prices remained unstable and market experts predicted sluggish downstream demand for the first quarter of the current year. However, ...
Tags: toluene, Toluene market, Toluene industry
The FOB Korea toluene 2013 term contracts were mostly concluded at a premium of $7-8/mt to the Platts FOB Korea toluene marker, traders and producers said Wednesday. This is an increase of around $2-3/mt from premiums for 2012 ...
Tags: toluene, toluene market, Honam, South Korea
Toluene market showed mixed trend in Asia whereas it surged up in Europe and went down in US in the week ending December 22. Toluene prices were stable in Korea due to sluggish downstream demand in the region. In the initial days of the ...
Tags: Toluene market, textile, textile price, textile industry
In the previous week, Korean toluene prices went down due to decreased downstream demand and lower upstream product prices. In the initial days of last week, prices were at US$ 1220/ton, slightly lower as compared to the same period of ...
Tags: toluene prices, toluene, toluene market
Toluene prices were hovering around US$ 1240/ton FOB Rotterdam in the initial days of September, which went up by 4% each in the first and second week of the same month and 5% and 2% respectively in the third and fourth week due to robust ...
Tags: toluene prices, toluene, toluene market, toluene industry
Toluene market showed downward trend in Asia, but surged up in Europe, whereas it was steady in US in the previous week ending September 29. Toluene prices went down in Korea due to decreased downstream demand and lower upstream product ...
Tags: toluene market, toluene price, toluene, chemical