The Northwest European March benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur1,054/mt, or $1,380/mt, CIF ARA, industry sources confirmed Friday. The settlement represents an increase of Eur14/mt and a decrease of $28/mt compared ...
The price gap between imported and domestically produced styrene monomer in key consumer market China, which hit its widest 11-month high Monday, may dampen demand for imports and potentially restrict buoyant global SM prices, market ...
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The spread between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene widened in Asia to a 15-month high of $331.50/mt Monday, as SM prices are supported by a series of plant turnarounds while benzene was on a downtrend along with US prices, ...
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Styrene's premium to its feedstock benzene rose to its highest in four months in the Northwest European market, Platts data showed. The premium was assessed at $346/mt at Friday's close, mainly due to falling benzene prices. The premium ...
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The US polystyrene and styrene industries are concerned, but confident after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the city to adopt a law banning expandable polystyrene foam from stores and restaurants, market sources said Friday. ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 of $95.3 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to net income of $26.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, reported for the fourth ...
Benzene's premium to feedstock naphtha slid to its lowest in the Northwest European market since October 18, breaching the psychologically important $400/mt mark for the first time since mid-November to be assessed at $379.75/mt at ...
U.S. 8,163,824 B2 Bostik, Inc. has been granted a patent for a hot melt adhesive comprised of a blend of 5%-40% weight of a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer is a substantially linear ...
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US-based materials company Styron has introduced two new resins, EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advanced Resins and MAGNUM Mass ABS Resins, for medical equipment housings. According to the firm, the new EMERGE PC/ABS 7700 Advance Resins are PC/ABS ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 31/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.24%),Zinc (0.72%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 30/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.35%),Zinc (1.34%),Mild steel plate (1.22%),while the ...
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Commodity Sectors 01-28 01-29 Change PET Rubber & plastics 11300.00 11200.00 0.89% PTA Textile 8750.00 8700.00 0.57% Chloroform Chemical ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 19 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 25/01/2013.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (0.81%),Acrylic acid (0.69%),Iron ore ...
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Styrene monomer stocks in shore tanks in East China rose week on week by about 10,000 mt to roughly 66,000 mt this week -- the highest level seen since early August 2012 -- but still relatively low, market sources said. Whether the ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,20 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 24/01/2013.The largest rises were Phenol (1.50%),Coke (0.79%),Color coated sheet (0.68%),while the ...
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