China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has cut its ex-works butadiene price across the country by Yuan 200/mt to Yuan 9,100/mt, sources close to the company said Thursday. On an import parity basis, the new price is calculated at ...
The Asian butadiene/naphtha spread narrowed to an eight-month low of $329.38/mt Monday, following the closure of the arbitrage window to move Asian butadiene to the US Gulf Coast. The spread value was last lower on September 12, 2013, ...
The spread between styrene monomer and its feedstock ethylene in Asia surpassed $500/mt for the first time Monday to hit a record high of $504/mt, Platts data showed, with the SM market continuing on its bullish streak due to tight supplies ...
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The average price of butadiene in February rose 14% month on month to $2,007.50/mt FOB Korea amid tight availability and new downstream plants coming online. The first of about four butadiene rubber plants starting up in 2013 was ...
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The Northwest European contract price for March-delivered butadiene was fully settled Tuesday at Eur1,415/mt FD NWE ($1,880/mt FD), following confirmation from two producers and two consumers involved in the negotiations. The increase ...
Versalis, owned by Italian energy group Eni, said Monday it has teamed up with US-based Yulex for a biorubber production project in Europe. The project will cover the entire manufacturing chain from crop science to biorubber ...
TPC Group nominated its February US butadiene contract price at a rollover from its January contract price of 76 cents/lb ($1,676/mt), sources said Friday. TPC Group was unavailable to immediately comment. Market expectations ...