The European monoethylene glycol May contract price was fully settled Thursday Eur965/mt ($1,252/mt) FD NWE, industry sources said Friday. It represents a fall of Eur55/mt from April The initial settlement was between Shell as a seller ...
Tags: Monoethylene Glycol, Chemicals
The value of petrochemical products produced in Taiwan fell to NT$ 457.8 billion (US$ 15.28 billion) in January-March 2013, showing a decline of 8.1 percent year-on-year compared to production worth NT$ 498.31 billion achieved in same ...
Tags: Petrochemical Production, Textile
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
Asian prices for monoethylene glycol are expected to remain under pressure this week because of record-high inventories, in spite of China's rebounding downstream polyester market, industry sources said Monday. MEG inventory levels in ...
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
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
Saudi Arabia’s national science agency, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), is keen on developing research and programs to support the country’s petrochemical sector, said the president of KACST, Mohammed bin ...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Petrochemical, KACST
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 ...
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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 ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical has declared a force majeure for its polyethylene products, according to a letter to customers Tuesday that was obtained by Platts. The company said in the letter that the move was caused by a "contingency event" ...
Tags: Chevron Phillips, Polyethylene
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,21 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 52 remained unchanged on 14/05/2013.The largest rises were BR (1.36%),SBR (1.18%),Sulfuric acid (0.92%),while the largest ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 53 remained unchanged on 13/05/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (4.23%),Natural rubber (1.47%),Soda ash ...
US ethylene margins climbed for the week as production issues over the weekend pushed spot markets higher Monday. Power outages were reported at Flint Hills Resources in Port Arthur, Texas, and at Chevron Phillips Chemicals' Sweeny ...
Tags: ethylene margins, ethylene