Global aluminum producer Alcoa has offered third-quarter term shipments at a $408/mt premium to London Metal Exchange cash, CIF Japan, Japanese buyers said Thursday. The premium is for primary aluminum ingot to be shipped to Japanese main ...
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Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim Thursday increased the prices of polyolefins by $15-20/mt, sources said. Petkim was not immediately available to confirm. New list prices for low density polyethylene, high density PE injection ...
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Platts Chinese import premiums for Good Western aluminum rose to $330-360/mt CFR plus LME cash Wednesday from $270-280/mt a week earlier as premiums in Europe, the US and Japan remained high. Western producers' offers to Japan for third ...
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During the last couple of days, all indices mainly followed the New York futures development. Despite nice U.S. export data and once again reduced stocks of high qualities, the surprisingly good rainfalls in Texas as well as the planting ...
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The CIF Bremen as well as the Cotlook A index decreased further little by little during the reported week. It has been assumed that the even more considerable weakness of the New York futures was provoked by adjustments of fund positions. ...
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Benzene production margins in Europe have sunk to their lowest level in the past six months following a continuous drop in spot benzene prices over the last four weeks, Platts data showed. Benzene's premium to naphtha dropped to ...
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Russia's Rusal -- the world's largest aluminum producer -- has offered to Japanese buyers, a premium of $405/mt to London Metal Exchange cash, CIF Japan, for third quarter shipments to Japan, market sources said Thursday. The company had ...
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A fall in the value of China's currency against the dollar has increased the losses incurred by the country's copper importers in May, Chinese industry sources said Thursday. The US dollar was trading at Yuan 6.26 Thursday, compared with ...
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June US butadiene contract prices are expected to roll over or possibly fall slightly compared with May contract prices as spot levels have dropped throughout May, sources said Wednesday. Many sources expect a rollover in contract pricing ...
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The Asian butadiene/naphtha spread narrowed to an eight-month low of $329.38/mt Monday, following the closure of the arbitrage window to move Asian butadiene to the US Gulf Coast. The spread value was last lower on September 12, 2013, ...
US over-the-counter coal prices closed mixed on Tuesday, with only a handful of trades seen across the Central Appalachian and Powder River Basin coal markets. CSX physical June traded at $60.25/st for one train twice. The price was ...
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Some sellers of molybdenum oxide powder in Asia have lowered offers Friday, following falls during European trading hours Thursday, while others kept their offers at $14.70-14.80/lb CIF, market sources said. Platts assessed moly oxide at ...
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Ethylene spot prices in Northwest Europe increased marginally week on week to Eur885/mt ($1,214/mt) FD NWE Friday on the back of a fall in steam cracker utilization rates, which helped managed the oversupply in ethylene, sources said. ...
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The Platts Australian alumina assessment fell 50 cents/mt from Friday to $315.50/mt FOB Monday, weighed down by supply overhang, tight cash flows and lack of buyers. Alumina bid/ask levels were around $310-312/mt against $316/mt FOB ...
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Prices for large cargoes of butane in Northwest Europe fell Tuesday to the lowest level in a year on low demand and ample supplies. Platts assessed the price of a 4,000 mt CIF refrigerated cargo of mixed butane loading 10-25 days forward ...
Tags: Butane, mixed butane