US spot paraxylene jumped $55/mt this past week amid stronger demand from Asia, industry sources said Friday. Thursday's spot PX assessment of $1,445/mt FOB US Gulf Coast marks the highest level since March 25, when it was assessed at ...
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NY futures moved sideways this week, as May added 26 points to close at 88.46 cents, while December gave up 45 points to close at 87.37 cents. The main feature this week was the USDA Prospective Plantings report, which was released ...
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European mixed xylene prices were under downward pressure from the sharp correction in Asian and US mixed xylenes prices. Market sources said European isomer-mixed xylenes were trading at $1,290/mt FOB ARA, down $10 from Platts' March 15 ...
Methanol market showed mixed trend in Asia, whereas, it showed an upward trend in Europe and was stable in US in the week ending March 2, 2013. In China, Methanol prices went up slightly. Prices were spotted at US$ 375/ton CFR China. ...
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According to LEDinside, a research division of Trendforce, investigation on the latest LED light bulb retail price showed that global LED light bulb retail price remained volatile in January 2013. The retail price of LED replacements of 40W ...
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US prices for all Formosa Plastics liquid caustic soda products will increase by $30/dry st immediately or as contract terms allow, the company said in a letter to customers Wednesday. The company did not provide a reason for the ...
The spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened in Asia to a 15-month high of $331.50/mt Monday, as SM prices are supported by a series of plant turnarounds while benzene was on a downtrend along with US prices, ...
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European Toluene market had dull sentiments in the earlier days of this month. Upstream product prices remained unstable and market experts predicted sluggish downstream demand for the first quarter of the current year. However, ...
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A key Democratic senator on Thursday reiterated his concerns that a study commissioned by the US Department of Energy on LNG exports is "seriously flawed" and should not be used by the agency to grant permits to companies wishing to ship ...
Shell Chemical and Dow Chemical plan to implement 10-cent increases in their off-list US prices for isopropyl alcohol in mid-January, according to notices sent to customers Wednesday and obtained by Platts Thursday. The Shell price hike ...
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Methanol market showed mixed trend in Asia, whereas it was stable in US and Europe in the week ending December 15, 2012. In China, Methanol prices were steady and were spotted at US$ 355-365/ton CFR China. Methanol prices went down ...
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During the SteelOrbis fall 2012 conference&67th IREPAS meeting held in Munich on September 30-October 2,Peter Marcus from World Steel Dynamics(WSD)has assessed the current situation in the world steel industry and provided an outlook for ...
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Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures continued to slip since our last report on October 25, as December dropped another 347 points to close at 69.26 cents. The December contract has basically been flatlined near the ...
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In the week ending October 13, firmer upstream product prices pushed BTX prices higher in the US. Benzene prices increased by 6% week-on-week in the last week. In the same week, Toluene prices witnessed a hike of 2%, higher by around 10 ...
Tags: BTX prices, Benzene prices, toluene prices, Para-Xylene prices
M-Xylene prices decreased by 2% in Europe in the week ending October 6, due to lower regional downstream demand trends. Prices were stable in the first half of September but went up by 11% and 4% week-on-week in the third and fourth week, ...
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