European benzene's premium to naphtha slipped to a 3.5-month low at the end of last week as benzene failed to keep pace with strengthening upstream markets. The spread between spot benzene and its feedstock naphtha was assessed at ...
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
European benzene's premium to naphtha has topped the $450/mt mark for the first time since the start of February, as naphtha languishes at multi-month lows and benzene rises despite seemingly weak fundamentals. The benzene-naphtha spread ...
Tags: NWE, Benzene-Naphtha, Chemicals
The Northwest European benzene market tumbled to a 15-week low of $1,335.5/mt Tuesday on a combination of weak downstream demand, upcoming derivatives turnarounds, a closed arbitrage to the US, as well as persistently high inventories, ...
Tags: benzene, US, Platts data
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 ...
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 ...