It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,14 commodities increased in prices, 25 fell and 61 remained unchanged on 31/05/2013.The largest rises were Silver (1.44%),Zinc (0.74%),Copper (0.64%),while the largest ...
Tags: China, Chemicals, Commodities Price
Styrolution Europe has nominated a Eur25/mt increase in its polystyrene contract price for June from May, the company said Tuesday. The company did not provide an outright value for its contracts but added that the premium of its high ...
Tags: GPPS, Styrolution, Chemicals
Polish chemical producer Synthos has begun an emergency shutdown of all units at its petrochemical complex in Kralupy, Czech Republic due to extreme flooding by the Vltava river, a company source said Monday. "We are closing production of ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Vltava Floods
The US styrene to benzene spread remained above $300/mt for much of the last week, with the spread at $303.66/mt Monday, according to Platts data. US spot styrene lowered 0.05 cent/lb ($1.10/mt) day on day to a Monday assessment at 72.50 ...
Tags: Styrene-Benzene, Chemicals
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,13 commodities increased in prices, 31 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 30/05/2013.The largest rises were Palm Oil (1.33%),Soybean meal (0.93%),DAP (0.55%),while the ...
Tags: Spot Commodities, Chemicals
Are formula cans and plastic baby bottles safe? The linings of formula cans and polycarbonate (a type of plastic) baby bottles contain the chemical bisphenol A (or BPA). While there's little scientific data on the effects of BPA on ...
The price spread between Asian styrene monomer and petrochemical feedstock naphtha hit an eight-year high of $819.90/mt Wednesday on short covering amid low spot inventory in China, Platts data showed. SM prices jumped $10.50/mt day on ...
Tags: Chemicals, petrochemical, styrene monomer
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 21/05/2013.The largest rises were Silver (2.43%),Copper (1.26%),Nickel (1.14%),while the largest ...
Tags: Spot Commodities, Chemicals
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,17 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 49 remained unchanged on 20/05/2013.The largest rises were Soybean meal (1.12%),PC (1.03%),Natural rubber (0.89%),while the ...
Tags: Spot Commodities, Chemicals
Plastics and rubber producer Styron Europe said Friday that it plans to roll over its monthly price for styrene butadiene latex in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India in June, in a bid to widen profit margins amid falling feedstock ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,12 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 54 remained unchanged on 17/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.69%),Copper (0.87%),HDPE (0.64%),while the ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price, Chemicals
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,12 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 54 remained unchanged on 17/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.69%),Copper (0.87%),HDPE (0.64%),while the ...
Tags: Chemicals
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Michael J. Graff (57) and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt (53) have been elected to the company's board of directors. Mr. Graff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide ...
Tags: Westlake Chemical, BoD, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,7 commodities increased in prices, 37 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 16/05/2013.The largest rises were HDPE (0.97%),LPG (0.31%),Acetic acid (0.21%),while the largest ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,19 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 15/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.51%),PET (0.98%),Acetone (0.79%),while the ...