P-Xylene prices went down in Korea due to weak support from the downstream buyers. Prices opened at US$ 1615/ton FOB Korea lower by US$ 10/ton, as compared to the same period of the previous week. During the week, P-Xylene prices were ...
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In Korea, O-Xylene prices inched down in the week ending November 3. Overall, market sentiment was dull and downstream demand was sluggish. In the initial days of the reporting week, prices were at US$ 1460/ton, slightly lower as compared ...
Tags: O-Xylene, downward trend, downstream market, O-Xylene price
In Korea, P-Xylene prices went up due to strong support from the downstream buyers in the week ending December 8. Prices opened at US$ 1555/ton FOB Korea. P-Xylene prices were spotted in the range of US$ 1555-1630/ton FOB Korea. P-Xylene ...
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UK retailer Morrisons today (13 December) announced it would promote Trevor Strain to replace Richard Pennycook as finance director. Strain, who has worked in senior financial roles at Morrisons for three years, will succeed Pennycook, ...
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Aakash Chemicals has once again been named as one of Inc.Magazine's"Fastest Growing Private Companies in America."As an honoree in 2011 and now a repeat honoree in 2012,Aakash Chemicals continues to grow at a rapid pace.Aakash Chemicals is ...
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In the week ending November 24,P-Xylene prices were stable-to-soft in Asia,whereas it showed downward trend in Europe and US. In Korea,P-Xylene prices were stable last week due to sluggish support from the downstream buyers.Prices opened ...
Hempel launched two new intumescent coatings for passive protection of steel structures in cellulosic fires.With the introduction of the new coatings,Hempel can now offer customers a full package coating solution for protecting ...
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An initial European monoethylene glycol contract price for December was settled at Eur1,048/mt ($1,354/mt) FD Northwest Europe Friday, industry sources said. The figure represents a fall of Eur22/mt on the November CP. The settlement ...
Tags: industry sources, slow demand, derivatives polyethylene terephthalate
Styron plans to increase polycarbonate prices in Europe by Eur230/mt ($294/mt) in December due to squeezed margins, it said in a statement Wednesday. "Following the elevation in costs of the key raw materials associated with the ...
Production run rates at Borealis' propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Belgium will remain halved until the end of the year, the company said Friday. The PDH plant, located in Kallo near Antwerp, produces around 480,000 mt/year of ...
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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
Spot prices for European low density polyethylene firmed this week, driven by dialed-down operating rates, sources said. "The only firm offer we got so far this week was from Turkey at Eur1,300/mt ($1,682/mt) FCA Aliaga," a trader said. ...
Tags: LDPE, Production Cuts, LDPE prices
Para-Xylene prices moved upward in the week ending November 17, after staying stable in the first half of the current month. Prices were assessed at US$ 1475-1485/ton FOB Rotterdam. Prices were reported in a deadlock in the initial days ...
Tags: Europe, European Para-Xylene Market, Upward Trend, Last Week
US steam cracker margins showed minor increase against lower feedstock costs in a shortened holiday week,as US markets were closed for celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Platts'close of assessment for the week was at 12:30 p.m.CST ...
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In the week ending November 3, P-Xylene market was stable-to-soft in Asia while it went down in Europe and showed upward trend in US in the last week. In Korea, P-Xylene market was stable last week due to sluggish support from the ...
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