The Asian isomer-mixed xylenes market reacted cautiously Wednesday following record highs seen in the US MX market overnight, with Asian prices moving up just 0.07% in early trading. The Asian isomer-MX market was pegged at $1,437/mt CFR ...
Tags: mixed xylene, xylene, isomer mixed, PX plant
Mogilevkhimvolokno, part of the state run Belarus chemical company Belneftekhim, will import paraxylene (PX) from Kazakhstan to manufacture polyester fibre, Belneftekhim has announced. Last month, a joint proposal was signed between ...
Tags: Belarus, paraxylene, polyester fibre
India's ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited has issued tenders to sell paraxylene and benzene from its new aromatics plant, the company said Tuesday. The plant, which is under under construction at Mangalore and scheduled to come online ...
Tags: ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited, paraxylene, benzene
Two new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants have become operational in China, which has led to a rise in demand and consequently an increase in imports of paraxylene (PX) in September 2012. A new plant with capacity to produce 1.5 ...
Tags: PX imports, purified terephthalic acid, paraxylene, PX
Paraxylene (PX) prices went down in the Asian market. In S E Asian region, PX prices declined in the range of US$ 1515/ton to US$ 1520/ton. In F E Asian market, PX prices were offered at US$ 1500/ton. PX imported from Taiwanese market ...
Tags: PX price, PTA price, PSF price, Paraxylene prices
BP announced that it has agreed to sell all its interests in purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production in Malaysia to Reliance Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Reliance). The agreement concerns BP’s 100 per cent equity in BP Chemicals ...
Tags: terephthalic acid, BP Chemicals, paraxylene technologies
Kazakhstan Today reported that Switzerland based ABB has won a sub contract to supply power equipments for the hydrocarbons production complex at Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan. According to Energy Business Review, the company won the ...
Tags: power equipments
The Asian mixed xylenes inventory in East China fell to 20,000 mt,a 44-month low Friday,Platts data showed. The inventory fell by 2,800 mt,or 12.3%,from a week earlier--the lowest level since March 15,2009,the data showed. The fall is ...
Tags: mixed xylenes inventory, Platts data, South Korea's Daesan port
A paraxylene(PX)plant to be set up in a joint venture between JX Nippon Oil&Energy and SK Global Chemicals is expected to start operations in mid-2014. “The construction of the plant being set up in Ulsan–South Korea is likely ...
Tags: paraxylene, Korea, Chemicals, Textile
Foster Wheeler AG announced that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded a contract by Reliance Industries Limited for the provision of engineering and procurement services for its Paraxylene Project ...
Tags: Foster Wheeler, Reliance Industries, Paraxylene Project, chemicals
Japanese paraxylene (PX) producer – JX Nippon Oil and Energy has reduced the capacity rates at its PX plant located in Kashima. "Currently both the PX lines are operating at 70 percent capacity, mainly due to poor feedstock supply ...
Tags: paraxylene, feedstock supply, PX, Energy
L/LDPE The L/LDPE price bubble has truly burst with notations tumbling in June. Producers initially hoped to limit the downward price adjustment in line with the ?20/tonne drop in the June ethylene contract price but were swiftly forced to ...
Tags: market view, Plastics prices
Tightness in raw material supplies has sent North American prices for PET bottle resin up by an average of 4 cent per pound since Sept. 1. Paraxylene feedstock, in particular, has been in tight supply, according to buyers contacted recently ...
Tags: PET bottle resin