The Northwest European styrene monomer premium over feedstock costs has increased by Eur14/mt in December on the month, a rise of 6%, Platts calculations show. The premium hit a 2015 low in November. The December styrene contract price ...
Tags: styrene, ethylene, Ethyl-benzene
The Northwest European styrene monomer premium over feedstock costs has fallen to a 2015 low, Platts calculations show, as a balanced market left consumers eager to normalize November spreads over feedstocks to levels similar to the start ...
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Belgian brewing company Duvel Moortgat and Firestone Walker Brewing will combine their operations in the US, while operating independently. The companies have signed an agreement to this effect earlier this week. Firestone Walker ...
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For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
Tags: Sorghum, US growers
In comparison to closing of August 8, the December New York cotton futures contract moved up only 14 points over last Friday’s (August 15) settlement and maintained a 200 point trading range on the week. This leaves one thinking, ...
Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors (GWM) has signed an agreement with the Russian Tula Oblast Government for construction of an automobile manufacturing facility with investment of CNY3.2bn ($513.44m). The company will ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday lowered by 15.2 cents, or 14.01%, to an eight-week low of 93.34 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday fell 20.06 cents, or 15.6%, to a six-week low of $1.0854/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. As ...
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In January this year, European stainless crude steel production decreased by three percent to 670,000 metric tons, with German production decreasing by 19 percent, Sweden's production down four percent and Slovenia's production up 24 ...
The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday lowered 39.49 cents, or 19.5%, to a three-week low of $1.6313/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
Despite ethanol prices at their highest levels in nearly eight years, multiple ethanol production facilities in the US Midwest will undergo spring maintenance turnarounds in the coming weeks, sources said Tuesday. Flint Hills Resources ...
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Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday rose 16.51 cents, or 23.63%, to a seven-week high of $0.8640/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
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The US acrylonitrile export assessment rose $25/mt week over week Tuesday to a more than 11-month high of $1,940/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply. The assessment reached its highest level since March 5, 2013, when it was at ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant in the week ending Friday fell 8.98 cents, or 15.04%, to a 28-week low of 50.73 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
Tags: dry-mill ethanol, Chemicals