Sun Chemical will increase the prices of all ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) inks in Europe between 4% and 6%, effective 1 July, 2018. As announced previously, governmental initiatives and regulations geared toward environmental ...
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LyondellBasell subsidiary Equistar Chemicals has ended a force majeure declaration on polypropylene produced by its Bayport Polymers facility in Pasadena, Texas, the company said in a letter to its customers Tuesday. The force majeure was ...
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The Northwest European April benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur1,019/mt or $1,402/mt CIF ARA, market sources said Tuesday. The settlement represents an increase of Eur16/mt and $32/mt from the March contract price of ...
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The UK's oil producers group Oil & Gas UK cut Wednesday its forecasts for oil and gas production this year amid signs that declining output from mature fields and outages in the North Sea continue to outpace the impact of new projects and ...
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US ethylene margins climbed for the week as production issues over the weekend pushed spot markets higher Monday. Power outages were reported at Flint Hills Resources in Port Arthur, Texas, and at Chevron Phillips Chemicals' Sweeny ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical has nominated an initial April polymer-grade propylene contract price down 7 cents from March to 66 cents/lb, market sources said Monday. Officials with the company could not be reached for immediate comment. The ...
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US steam cracker margins climbed week-on-week as ethylene prices reacted to the news of planned and unplanned outages in the US Gulf Coast region. ExxonMobil suffered an upset at its Baytown, Texas, olefins plant Tuesday. Westlake ...
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PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $3.6 billion. Net income for the quarter was $227 million, or $1.46 per diluted share, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring ...
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The average spot price of methanol in the US for November was $1.2701/gal FOB US Gulf, the highest spot average since September 2008 when it was $1.40/gal FOB US Gulf. This is an increase of 4.15 cents, or 3.37%, from October's average ...
In a surprising reversal, a 5-cent North American polyethylene price increase that seemed to have faded away in December actually took hold in the market. Many buyers contacted mid-month by Plastics News indicated that they did not expect ...
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