Global O-Xylene market showed downward trend in the week ending March 9, 2013. In Korea, O-Xylene prices went down last week, due to dull downstream buying sentiment in the region and lower downstream product prices. In the initial days ...
It’s reported that the Japanese steelmakers hiked export prices of hot rolled (HR) steel products to certain Korean buyers to US$630~US$640/ton FOB for April, rising by US$20~US$30/ton from a month ago. Moreover, the Japanese ...
Tags: HR steel products, HR steel, steel products
Swiss-headquartered iron ore miner Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced its financial results for 2012. In the given period, Ferrexpo's net profit decreased by 62.5 percent to $215.6 million ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, iron ore, iron
The spread between Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes and feedstock naphtha was assessed by Platts at a six-month low of $184.875/mt on Friday, down $55.625/mt from a week ago. Solvent-MX market came under pressure from weak demand and ample ...
Tags: mixed xylenes, feedstock naphtha, naphtha
SSM Industries Inc., Spring City, Tenn. -- a manufacturer of flame-resistant (FR), cut-resistant and thermal fabrics for military, fire and rescue and industrial applications -- and National Safety Apparel (NSA), Cleveland -- a manufacturer ...
It’s reported that the Japanese steelmakers planned to raise the prices of hot rolled coils (HRC) to the buyers in Latin America and the Middle East for April. It’s learned that the HRC export price to Latin America reaches ...
Tags: Steel Mills, HRC Export, steelmakers
China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
China's February 2013 imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene came in at 87,283 mt, the lowest since February 1999, partly due to higher prices and the the Lunar New Year holidays, according to official data. The imports slipped ...
South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will likely halve from its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, an industry source said ...
FOB prices for Australian 5,500 kcal/kg and 6,000 kcal/kg net-as-received spot cargoes came under intense pressure Thursday from a firmer freight market, lower Asian physical demand and weaker prices for domestic coal in China, market ...
Tags: spot cargo, Thermal Coal, Asia
Neptune Chemical Pump Co will be featuring its Series 7000 diaphragm metering pumps at WEF Residuals and BioSolids 2013 Neptune Chemical Pump Co., it will be exhibiting at the 27 Annual WEF Residuals and BioSolids Conference, being held ...
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. ...
Tags: Methanol market, mixed trend, Asia, Europe
In Korea, P-Xylene prices declined due to weak support from the downstream buyers in the week ending March 2, 2013. Prices opened at US$ 1675/ton FOB Korea lower by US$ 25/ton, as compared to the same period of its previous week. ...
Tags: P-Xylene, prices, downstream
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has suggested that the global miners have been manipulating the iron ore market by holding back cargos, artificially creating a supply shortage in the market, according to media ...
Tags: iron ore miners, iron ore, iron ore market
Margins for producing styrene monomer in Asia have shrunk rapidly in March as SM prices tumble amid weak sentiment in China, with the spread to feedstock benzene narrowing 17% and to naphtha shrinking 8% since the end of February, Platts ...
Tags: SM Margins, styrene monomer, Asia