As per our analysts Aegis has announced a price revision for Methanol as of 19th September 2020.

As per our analysts price revision for BAM as of 19th September 2020 in Kandla.

RIL, IOCL and Haldia Petrochemicals Limited announces price revision for PE, PP, and PVC.

Reports of continued tight product availability and bullish upstream crude and naphtha values supported the sharp price gain across the Asian regions.

Reports of persistent constrained product availability, coupled with bullish upstream crude and naphtha values, has led Ethylene sellers to raise their prices across the Asian regions.

Major International producer has shut its polypropylene (PP) unit for unplanned maintenance.

As of 18th September 2020, Dollar opened at Rs 73.47 which is up from the previous close.

Prices climbed higher, mainly on account of bullish Ethylene feedstock rates and stronger PVC demand and pricing trends.

Kandla has announced a price revision for C9 Solvent as of 18th September 2020.

The company halted operations at the unit on September 12th, 2020.

The company slashed production at its plant to around 50% of the capacity levels on September 16th, 2020.

As of 18th September 2020 SM prices have declined in the Asian market owing to the soft demand trend

Acrylonitrile prices picked up in the Asia market as of 18th September 2020.

As of 18th September 2020, PTA prices picked up in the International Market.

Demand for hand sanitizers has declined, and recently, also newcomers to the IPA market in the spring are exiting the market and re-focusing on their previous products.

The company's No. 1 and No. 2 MEG plants at the site, each with 120,000 mt/year capacity, are running at 90%-100% capacity in September. 

The company is likely to shut the plant for maintenance by early-December, 2020 for a period of around 4 weeks. Earlier, the plant was scheduled for maintenance by October 2020.

Major producer from Thailand is heard to have offered its Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) at the USD 740/mt levels.

The company has scheduled a turnaround at the unit in the second half October for a period of around 20 days.

The company has undertaken a planned shutdown at its plant in early-September, 2020.

This study focuses on China's Acetic Acid industry forecasts. In the two past decades, the industry has been growing at a fast pace.

The company halted operations at the unit for maintenance on September 4th, 2020.

On Thursday, bullish upstream crude and naphtha values pushed propylene prices higher in Asia.

Despite stronger upstream energy rates and constrained product availability Ethylene prices remained unchanged in Asia.

Major International producer resumes production at its Polypropylene (PP) plant following an unplanned outage.

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9.14 lakh tonnes of assorted chemicals are headed towards Indian ports
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Total chemical imports slated to come to India is 8.46 lakh tonnes
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Around 9 lakh tonnes of assorted chemicals are being imported into India over the next couple of weeks.
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0.8 million tonnes of assorted chemicals are slated to come into Indian ports over the next few weeks
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Ranpar
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Cochin
Ennore
Vizag
Paradip
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For imports of chemicals Haldia is now emerging as a big destination

The crude storage problem seems to have improved both at Paradip (IOC) and Mumbai (HPCL)

RIL is a big importer of paraxylene

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As also methanol imports coming up ahead

8At least 8 vessels are on wait at Kandla with their chemical cargoes

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8Our analysis shows that an ethane vessel is coming in for RIL at Dahej
8RIL is also importing orthoxylene, paraxylene, methanol and CBFS in large quantities

RIL has a giant crude to chemical game plan
It is extremely ambitious in its scale

Production margins were hovering at multi-year lows in early July as oversupply continues to pressure the polyester chain.

The prices of almost all the petrochemical products discussed under pressure had declined in the broad range of 0.3%-29% y-o-y in FY20.

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