The European monoethylene glycol January contract price was fully settled Wednesday at Eur1,068/mt ($1,422/mt) FD NWE, industry sources said Thursday. This represents an increase of Eur20/mt on December. The initial settlement ...
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In China, Acetic acid prices showed mixed trends in the week ending January 19, 2013. Prices showed downward trend in South and East China regions and were assessed in the range of US$ 430-470/ton whereas they were steady in North China ...
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Ineos in December converted its 240,000 mt/year C4 linear low-density polyethylene plant in Cologne, Germany, to metallocene LLDPE c6 production, industry sources have said. Ineos was not immediately available for comment. As a ...
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US steam cracker margins climbed week-on-week as ethylene prices reacted to the news of planned and unplanned outages in the US Gulf Coast region. ExxonMobil suffered an upset at its Baytown, Texas, olefins plant Tuesday. Westlake ...
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Prices for polyethylene terephthalate look set to climb over the coming weeks and months, as producers struggle to achieve acceptable margins while feedstock prices increase. So far this year, the European spot price assessment has ...
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US olefins producer Westlake Chemical has shut its Petro-2 steam cracker in Lake Charles, Louisiana, while it carries out expansion work, the company said Thursday. The expansion of the 565,000 mt/year cracker will be carried out in ...
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ST-Ericsson has announced its fastest LTE smartphone platform, the NovaThor L8580 ModAp has an eQuad application processor running at up to 2.5GHz. The NovaThor L8580 will be available to sample in Q1 2013. It is built on 28nm ...
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US steam cracker margins rose week on week as feedstocks prices declined, and while the continental US is enjoying a relatively warm winter. Mild weather forecasts for the upcoming months have lead to a drop in the price of propane, which ...
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European ethylene has firmed over the last week on a pick-up in demand from buyers, according to sources Monday. "Our crackers and polyolefin plants have ramped up rates as demand has improved. We are operating at plus 80% on our plants," ...
Hornby’s board of directors has announced the appointment of Nick Stone as finance director. He still start work on January 14th while current finance director Andrew Morris will leave Hornby during Q1 of 2013 after an agreed ...
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Styron Europe will seek to increase general purpose and high-impact polystyrene prices in January by Eur110/mt ($143/mt), the company said Friday. "The price increase responds to the rising costs associated with the manufacturing of ...
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The Northwest European January benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur1,153/metric ton or $1,529/mt FD NWE, the highest the CP has ever been settled, negotiating parties confirmed Monday. The settlement represents an ...
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O-Xylene prices surged up in Korea in the week ending December 22. Overall, market sentiment and downstream demand improved. Prices of upstream and downstream products also surged up. In the initial days of last week, prices were ...
Borealis said Friday it will raise all polyolefin prices for January 2013. Polyethylene prices will increase by Eur100/mt while prices for polypropylene will increase by Eur75/mt. "The decision to increase prices is based on the ...
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US steam cracker margins climbed last week on higher spot prices and chemical plant outages. The US ethylene spot price jumped 6 cents on the week and was assessed Friday at 60-60.50 cents/lb FD USG, as olefins producer Williams ...
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