Plastics and rubber major Styron plans to raise polycarbonate prices in Europe from March 7 by Eur270/mt ($356/mt) due to unsustainably thin margins and feedstock cost increases, it said Thursday. "For the polycarbonate industry, 2012 ...
The price gap between imported and domestically produced styrene monomer in key consumer market China, which hit its widest 11-month high Monday, may dampen demand for imports and potentially restrict buoyant global SM prices, market ...
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The spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened in Asia to a 15-month high of $331.50/mt Monday, as SM prices are supported by a series of plant turnarounds while benzene was on a downtrend along with US prices, ...
Tags: Asia, Weaker Benzene, Chemicals
US toluene disproportionation margins were estimated at minus $15.09/mt Friday, based on Platts data, putting them in negative territory for the first time since November 15, when they were estimated at minus 55 cents/mt. Estimated TDP ...
Styrene's premium to its feedstock benzene rose to its highest in four months in the Northwest European market, Platts data showed. The premium was assessed at $346/mt at Friday's close, mainly due to falling benzene prices. The premium ...
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Ube Industries, Ltd. announced that it will cease production of caprolactam (CPL) at the Sakai Factory in Japan. The decision was made today at a meeting of the Board of Directors and will result in the company recording an extraordinary ...
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Houseplants are beautiful and effective decorating accents or focal points. My mother, a highly skilled interior decorator, did not have big groupings of small plants to make an impact. She said that look was busy and cluttered. Instead, ...
Benzene's premium to feedstock naphtha slid to its lowest in the Northwest European market since October 18, breaching the psychologically important $400/mt mark for the first time since mid-November to be assessed at $379.75/mt at ...
Benzene prices showed upward trend in Asia and Europe while they were steady in US in the week ending February 9, 2013. In Korea, Benzene prices increased last week, due to strong buying sentiment in the downstream market. In the early ...
New paraxylene capacity of 2.6 million mt/year and benzene capacity of 820,000 mt/year will be built in Saudi Arabia over the next four years by Saudi Aramco, a source close to the state company said Tuesday. These aromatics capacities ...
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The February US benzene contract price settled 36 cents/gal ($107.64/mt) lower at $4.80/gal ($1,435.20/mt), sources said Thursday. The last time the benzene CP settled lower was in September, when it settled at $4.20/gal, down 40 ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 31/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.24%),Zinc (0.72%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 30/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.35%),Zinc (1.34%),Mild steel plate (1.22%),while the ...
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Commodity Sectors 01-28 01-29 Change PET Rubber & plastics 11300.00 11200.00 0.89% PTA Textile 8750.00 8700.00 0.57% Chloroform Chemical ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 25/01/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (0.81%),Acrylic acid (0.69%),Iron ore ...
Tags: China, Spot Commodities Price, chemicals