The rupee on Wednesday opened 19 paise down at 69.62 against the USD. The local currency gained 34 paise on Tuesday to settle at 69.43 

International Polymers Co (IPC) is in plans to shut its ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) unit located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia for a brief maintenance.

Prices went down slightly due to weak demand. In Mumbai, prices went down from Rs 73/Kg to Rs 72.5/Kg for Imported Tanker Load and 

China's Fujian Refining and Petrochemical has resumed operations at its PX Unit located at Quanzhou, China. The company has 

Chemical companies could face more trade barriers and tariffs if the US and China fail to reach some kind of agreement that addresses 

Phenol prices of Mumbai market at Rs 115/kg for Imported intact, at Rs. 99/kg for imported repack, at Rs. 110/kg for domestic intact 

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Co (CSPC) is likely to restart to its phenol and acetone unit located in Huizhou, South China following

ACN (Acrylonitrile) prices remained constant in the international market due to weak demand. In FE Asia, SE Asia, US Gulf, and in

PTA (purified terephthalic acid) prices were assessed lower in Asian market on Friday. Reports of weaker buying sentiments forced

On Friday, prices of PAN (phthalic anhydride) edged lower in the China and SE Asia market on the back of weaker buying trends in the 

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has declared an upward price revision for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Suspension grade prices with the

Brent and WTI prices edged higher on the last trading day of the year, taking a cue from firmer stock markets, but remain on track for the 

Naphtha prices went down in Europe on Friday. Prices went down in Europe from $447/MT to $434/MT (CIF) while prices found no 

A week on week fall in upstream crude and naphtha rates pulled ethylene prices lower in some parts of Asian market previous week.

Solvent MX prices witnessed a fall in the international market in the previous week. The price drop was a result of dull regional buying

MEG (Monoethylene Glycol) price moved down in the Indian chemical market, on account of decreasing demand this week.

Shandong Tengzhou Shenglong Coal Coking Co has resumed operations at its No.1 methanol plant located at Shandong province of

The price of Acetic has decreased in the Indian market this month. Most of the major domestic manufacturers have decreased their

There will be two new/expanded phenol units in 2019. Zhejiang Petrochemical’s(ZPC) 400,000 tonne/year new unit located at Haining

Phenol demand conditions were on a dull note in the Indian market. INR strengthening against USD, continuous  decline in 

In the International market, Polypropylene market showed fluctuations throughout the month

Negotiations over January shipments of suspension grade polyvinyl chloride (PVC) began in the Russian market early this week, with producers

Crystal Cx has offered Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle-grade to India for shipment in January 2019.

PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) bottle-grade prices found mixed undertone in the Asian market this month.

The Asian styrene monomer market is likely to face tight supply in the first half of 2019 amid major turnarounds in Asia. While