Benzene production margins in Europe have sunk to their lowest level in the past six months following a continuous drop in spot benzene prices over the last four weeks, Platts data showed. Benzene's premium to naphtha dropped to ...
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Toluene hydro-dealkylation units in Europe are maximizing their run rates amid continuous strength in the benzene market, leading to a renewed interest in incremental toluene, according to sources. This has already triggered some spot ...
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OCI Company Ltd has planned to undertake a maintenance turnaround at its aromatics plant in the fourth quarter of 2013. "We will undertake a turnaround at our aromatics plant located at Gwangyang in October 2013 and the plant will stay ...
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Reignited concerns over the domestic benzene demand as well as a stubbornly closed arbitrage to the US saw European benzene prices plunge below $1,300/mt for the first time since mid-October, Platts data show. Benzene barges were assessed ...
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Idemitsu Kosan is operating the Xylene and benzene lines at its two aromatic plants at 100 percent capacity rates mainly due to high margins in the spot market. “The Xylene and benzene lines in the aromatics plants in Chiba and ...
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