China National Offshore Oil Corp has signed an agreement with a Taiwanese company to help promote LNG in Taiwan's Kinmen county. Shinfox Corp. confirmed Monday that it had signed a framework agreement on Friday with CNOOC's majority-owned ...
Tags: spot cargoes, Chemicals
The spread in Asia between paraxylene and feedstock isomer-grade mixed xylene hit a three-year low of $160/mt Wednesday, amid an open arbitrage into Asia for PX but tight regional supplies for isomer-MX. On Wednesday, Platts assessed the ...
Tags: Paraxylene, Chemicals
A small upturn in prices for sub-5,000 kcal/kg NAR Chinese thermal coal on perceived stirrings of restocking activity for the upcoming northern hemisphere winter and some market tightness was seized on by traders Friday. South China ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Spot indium prices in Asia have risen to their highest level since October 2011, as sellers hold back expecting prices to rise further in the near term, market sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed the spot indium price at $630-670/kg CIF ...
Tags: Spot Indium, Mineral
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Iranian LPG, Chemicals
Sustained weak demand from North Asian LNG end-users, reflected in the slump in spot prices, has shown little sign of recovering despite the start of the traditionally stronger summer season. Coming out of the April-May shoulder months, ...
Tags: Chemicals
India's state-owned gas utility GAIL expects to import 34 spot LNG cargoes in fiscal year 2013-14 (April-March), more than double the 16 spot cargoes it imported in the previous year, to meet demand for the Dabhol LNG terminal and make up ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gas
Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co is expected to offer more LPG to Asia after selling a cargo to South Korea, possibly its first to this region in 2013 since an EU ban late last year, by using ships made available for CFR deliveries, ...
The Asia Pacific sweet crude market is expected to stay on a downward trajectory as it faces more competition from falling West African crude prices and an oversupply of regional spot cargoes, traders said this week. Perpetually weak ...
Tags: Sweet Crude Market, Sweet Crude
Saigon Petro has issued its first ever semi-term tender to import up to 13,200 mt of pressurized LPG for delivery over July to December this year, an industry source said Monday. The Vietnamese state-owned company, which normally buys via ...
Tags: Saigon Petro, pressurized LPG
The Platts June LNG Japan Korea Marker ended the Asian trading week down 15 cents/MMBtu at $14.85/MMBtu, as abundant June cargo availability and limited demand continued to weigh on prices. The June JKM rolled over Tuesday at ...
Tags: Asia Spot LNG, Platts June JKM
China's largest buyer of LNG, China National Offshore Oil Corp., is unlikely to seek additional spot cargoes before August as it has sufficient inventory from its term contracts, said industry sources Friday. A source close to the 2.8 ...
Tags: Spot LNG Cargoes, Chemicals
Some miners in Indonesia's East Kalimantan region have been deferring loadings of thermal coal cargoes by seven to 10 days amid rains, sources said Friday. Several vessels are being diverted to East Kalimantan from South Kalimantan, which ...
Tags: Asia Thermal Coal, Miners, Chemicals
Chinese buying interest was mostly concentrated on cargoes of lower calorific value thermal coal from Indonesia Wednesday, as traders expressed fears that another decline in domestic thermal coal prices was not far away and could have a ...
Tags: Asia Thermal Coal, CV Coal, Chemicals