China's thermal coal imports in June fell 24% on the month to 9.75 million mt, the country's lowest monthly intake since February when imports were severely impacted by the Lunar New Year holiday, according to China customs data released ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Chemicals
In the week from July 15 to July 21, the Turkish scrap index moved upwards on the Orbis Steel Index while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index maintained its sideways movement. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index continued ...
Tags: Turkish Scrap, Mineral
It's reported that Ukraine and China had launched the price war for the general use hot rolled plates with the prices reducing by US$60~US$70/ton in the past two months from the level of US$600/ton CFR for a time. The over production and ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
It's reported that India's hot rolled coil (HRC) market remains stable currently. India steel mills hiked the HRC prices by US$17~US$21/ton last week but there was no transaction due to the weak demand in local market. The HRC prices have ...
Tags: HRC, Construction, steel
MEGlobal on Monday nominated its August Asia contract price for monoethylene glycol at $1,140/mt CFR, up $40 from its price for July, a company source said in an email. "The August 2013 ACP reflects the short term supply/demand situation ...
Tags: Monoethylene Glycol, Chemicals
The Asian naphtha industry gathered Thursday for the start of the 22nd CFR Far East Open Specification Naphtha Meeting to debate among other things a recommendation that seeks to widen the scope of naphtha cargo origins for inclusion in an ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The spread between styrene monomer and its feedstock ethylene in Asia surpassed $500/mt for the first time Monday to hit a record high of $504/mt, Platts data showed, with the SM market continuing on its bullish streak due to tight supplies ...
Tags: SM-Ethylene, Chemicals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a final rule amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of bisphenol-A (BPA)-based epoxy resins as coatings in infant formula packaging because this use ...
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has slashed its ex-works prices for butadiene by 16% effective late Monday, its second cut this month, end-users said Tuesday. With the latest reduction, Sinopec's subsidiaries in East, North ...
Tags: Sinopec, Butadiene Prices
The Asian LPG paper market flipped to a slight contango for the first time since August last year Wednesday, on active selling of August Saudi Aramco propane Contract Price swaps, market sources said Thursday. If the structure steepens ...
Tags: LPG Market, Chemicals
Asian butadiene prices are at a 3-1/2 half year low amid weak demand and a glut of synthetic rubber stocks, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benchmark for butadiene stood at $1,350/mt on June 17. The last time butadiene prices were ...
Tags: Butadiene, Weak Demand
The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene soared to an all-time high of $501.50/mt Monday, Platts data showed, as the SM market surged on news that South Korea's Lotte Chemical had delayed the restart ...
Tags: SM-benzene, Chemicals
The price spread between CFR Far East Asia polypropylene and feedstock propylene narrowed to flat, with both prices assessed at $1,425/mt on Friday, according to Platts data. PP prices shed $5/mt day on day to $1,425/mt CFR Far East Asia ...
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Iranian LPG, Chemicals