It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 27 fell and 51 remained unchanged on 25/03/2013.The largest rises were Propylene oxide (1.24%),PA (1.12%),Nickel (1.04%),while the ...
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Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) is a commodity product and used as feedstock in polyester industries and PET bottle industry. As such, the market for MEG generally moves in line with the polyester industry, especially in China where the need ...
Buyers of polyethylene terephthalate in Europe are reluctant to build inventories as they expect PET prices to decline in April, market sources said this week. These expectations are being driven by weaker upstream markets, as contract ...
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Shell Chemicals is more than likely to re-enter the polyethylene market with its new proposed petrochemical complex in Pennsylvania, but it would not be a core business for the company, Executive Vice President of Shell Chemicals Graham ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,9 commodities increased in prices, 31 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 15/03/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.05%),Chloroform (0.74%),Toluene (0.62%),while the ...
Uncertainty over feedstock prices is putting a block on upward momentum in the European polyethylene terephthalate market, market sources said. Prices have been marching upwards recently as producers pushed through higher feedstock prices ...
Industrial Lubricant reduces friction between moving surfaces. The property of reducing friction is known as lubricity. A good lubricant exhibits various characteristics like High boiling point Low freezing point High ...
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Hambana Petrochemicals has announced plans to set up a $137.39m bottle grade polyethylene terepthalate (PET) packaging resin plant in the investment zone adjacent to Chinese-funded port in Sri Lanka. The company, which is promoted by ...
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With immediate effect, or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the followingproducts 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) + 80 EUR/mt Tetrahydrofuran (THF) + 50 EUR/mt Polytetramethylene ether glycol ...
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Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Markor) plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF, chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol) in Korla, Xinjiang ...
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US polyethylene terephthalate contracts settled 2.75-3 cents/lb higher for February, multiple sources said Friday. February PET contracts were assessed at 87.75-88.75 cents/lb US railcar ($1,935-1,957/mt), a 3 cents/lb increase over ...
Uptown Market has started a 60-day campaign to raise funds of $24,500 for building a brewery in Beaverton, Oregon, US. The funds would contribute to half of the total cost of the project, which is scheduled to be completed by July 2013. ...
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Japanese based Mitsui Chemicals has scheduled a maintenance turnaround at its Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) plant in the third quarter of 2013. A Mitsui official told fibre2fashion, "The company has scheduled a maintenance turnaround in ...
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DAK Americas and Nan Ya Plastics intend to raise polyethylene terephthalate prices for March by 2 cents/lb, according to a pair of letters obtained Tuesday by Platts. Both companies cited higher raw materials costs as the reason for the ...
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