Counter bids for the April Asian Contract Price for paraxylene are seen to come in at around $1,050-1,100/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday. The four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and ...
Tags: Paraxylene, PTA market, PTA producers
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the largest market in the world for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2020, thanks to the region’s improving living standards, cross-industry usage of PTA products and expanding ...
Tags: PTA Demand, textile
Negotiations for the July Asian Contract Price for paraxylene have drawn buyers to make a counterbid of $1,300/mt CFR on Wednesday, almost $200/mt lower than sellers' nominations, sources close to the negotiations said. There are four ACP ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Polyester
The average production margin for Asian purified terephthalic acid in May rose to minus $48.89/mt, the highest level seen since July 2012, amid firm PTA demand for polyester, Platts data showed. In April, the average stood at minus ...
The Asian purified terephthalic acid margin on a spot basis hit a 10-month high Tuesday amid the bearish market for feedstock paraxylene due to active selling by Chinese PTA producers, Platts data showed. Based on Platts PTA and PX ...
South Korea's S-Oil nominated its paraxylene Asia Contract Price for March at $1,750/mt, up $65/mt from its February settlement, sources close to the negotiations said Monday. There are four ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Idemitsu ...
Tags: South Korea, S-Oil, oil
Term contract discussions between Asian purified terephthalic acid producers and end-users are at a stalemate over a failure to agree on a new pricing formula, industry sources said Friday. The two sides typically finalize their term ...
Tags: PX price, Asia, PTA market
UK-based BP and JBF Petrochemicals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JBF Industries have signed an agreement for licensing BP’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology to be used in the 1.25mt per annum plant in Mangalore, India. ...
Tags: BP, JBF Petrochemicals, purified terephthalic acid technology