US toluene disproportionation margins have moved into negative territory after toluene spot prices moved higher against declining benzene and mixed xylene spot pricing. Mobil selective toluene disproportionation margins were also ...
Tags: Spot Toluene, Chemicals
US spot paraxylene was assessed at a five-month high of $1,460/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The last time spot paraxylene was seen higher than this level was on March 21, when it was assessed at $1,475/mt FOB USG, according to ...
Tags: Chemicals, paraxylene
US spot mixed xylene prices have fallen a total of 11 cents ($33.33/mt) since June 17, last assessed Friday at $3.90/gal ($1,181.70/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, which sources attributed to bearish demand and a weaker energy complex. MX prices ...
Tags: Mixed Xylene, Chemicals
Asian isomer-grade mixed xylene traders are eying opportunities to make the reverse arbitrage movement from Northeast Asia to the US Gulf Coast given the recent widening of prices between both regions, traders said Wednesday. Several ...
Tags: Asian Isomer-MX, Arbitrage
European mixed xylene prices were under downward pressure from the sharp correction in Asian and US mixed xylenes prices. Market sources said European isomer-mixed xylenes were trading at $1,290/mt FOB ARA, down $10 from Platts' March 15 ...
The production margin for spot purified terephthalic acid hit a six-month high Wednesday following a sharp drop in feedstock paraxylene prices, but this still failed to lift the margin out of the red, Platts data showed. The PTA margin ...
Tags: PTA, paraxylene, price, Asia
The FOB Korea toluene 2013 term contracts were mostly concluded at a premium of $7-8/mt to the Platts FOB Korea toluene marker, traders and producers said Wednesday. This is an increase of around $2-3/mt from premiums for 2012 ...
Tags: toluene, toluene market, Honam, South Korea
Paraxylene (PX) prices went down in the Asian market. In S E Asian region, PX prices declined in the range of US$ 1515/ton to US$ 1520/ton. In F E Asian market, PX prices were offered at US$ 1500/ton. PX imported from Taiwanese market ...
Tags: PX price, PTA price, PSF price, Paraxylene prices