The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes on an FOB Korea basis narrowed $2/mt from Tuesday to a more than three-year low of $154.50/mt Wednesday, with MX staying relatively supported while PX and downstream ...
A few Chinese thermal coal buyers were reportedly concluding deals for March-delivered imported shipments, even as most of them were getting ready to wind up for the upcoming holidays, sources said Monday. A mini-Capesize cargo of ...
The Asian paraxylene market flipped into contango Monday -- the first time in six months -- as spot supply started building up amid thin demand for prompt February cargoes ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. The CFR Taiwan/China PX ...
Tags: Paraxylene, Chemicals
European butadiene buying interest for February loading material has climbed to $1,300/mt FOB Rotterdam on the back of firm demand for exports to the US, market sources said. Reflecting this, Platts assessed butadiene at $1,287/mt FOB ...
The price of imported nickel ore in China could jump more than 50%, following Indonesia's export ban on the product which took effect January 12, Macquarie Commodities Research said in a report Tuesday. Nickel ore stocks in China are ...
Tags: Nickel Ore, Export Ban
More Chinese thermal coal buyers may renege on contracts for imported thermal coal shipments as international prices continue to slide, sources said Tuesday. "All the [thermal coal] prices have come down and so some reports of Chinese ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
US PVC maker Axiall will raise its suspension grade PVC prices on February 1 by 3 cents/lb, or as contracts allow, the company said Friday in a letter to customers. The increase follows a similar announcement from December 3, when the ...
Tags: PVC Prices, PVC Maker
China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list price for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods for February on January 16th. Industry sources predicted that CSC might leave its list price ...
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Iron oxides are widely used in decorative cosmetics. Dark or bluish black mascara, grey eyeliner, red rouge or red lipsticks – all of these products can contain iron oxide pigments for coloration. The German specialty chemicals ...
Tags: iron oxides, decorative cosmetics, iron oxide pigments, Lanxess
According to report, the Turkish hot rolled coil (HRC) producers' export prices were down by US$5/ton to US$570~US$580/ton FOB basis last week due to the dollar's appreciation against Turkish lira as well as the demand from European market ...
Tags: HRC, Turkish HRC, HRC Export
Chinese domestic thermal coal prices have fallen further, fuelling speculation that some power utilities might be looking to walk away from existing contracts for imported material, sources said Monday. "I have heard rumours maybe that ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Domestic Prices
Hong Kong-based Styron on Thursday raised the prices of its general purpose polystyrene and high-impact polystyrene grades by $50/mt due to rising production costs. The notice did not disclose the previous or revised prices. The company ...
Tags: Styron, Polystyrene
Iron ore prices could continue to trade above $130/dry mt CFR North China in the first quarter of 2014, after higher-than-expected steel production in China supported them last year, Macquarie analysts said Thursday. "We believe Q1 2014 ...
Tags: Iron Ore
In the week from December 30 to January 5, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index moved upwards, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index followed a stable trend. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index maintained ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy