The mounting tensions between India and Pakistan are leading to uncertainty about the export of polyolefins and other commodities

Nylon 6 (PA6) prices decreased in February due to weak demand, while nylon 66 prices stabilized due to an improvement in supply

Fanavaran Petrochemical Company is in plans to shut its Methanol unit located in Bandar Imam Khomeini, Iran.

Indian refiners processed 21.94 million mt, or an average 5.2 million b/d, of crude oil in January, down 3.6% year on year, reflecting a partial

Shandong Lihuayi Group Dongying shuts its Phenol and Acetone units located in Dongying, Shandong, China following a maintenance

India’s acetone import prices fell on weak sentiment, with a 1,000-tonne March-shipment cargo for the advance license market

India's ONGC Mangalore Petrochemical Ltd (OMPL) has issued a sales tender for 30,000 tonnes of paraxylene (PX) for April 

India’s isopropanol (IPA) import discussions fell this week, reflecting lower feedstock acetone prices. A couple of China-based 

Sinopec Yanshan Co is in plans to undertake a planned shutdown at its SM plant.   The company has planned to start a turnaround 

Despite weaker upstream energy and propylene values, PP prices rose on Wednesday in FE and SE Asia. Prices edged higher following

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after a report of declining crude inventories in the country and as producer club, OPEC seemed to stick

On Wednesday, Caustic soda prices stayed steady in South East Asia and North East Asia on lacklustre demand.

Methanol prices this week witnessed a drop in the South Asian regions. Prices slipped as demand trends continued to remain 

Japan’s exports of styrene monomer (SM) fell month on month. Styrene is a chemical used to make latex and polystyrene resins,

Methanex has kept its March North American methanol contract price unchanged from February at 130 cents/gal ($432/mt) FOB 

SM prices in Asia drifted lower on Wednesday. The price fall was prompted by weaker upstream benzene rates coupled with softer 

Looking at the current scenario, a price revision by Indian producers is expected in the first week of March 2019 

Phenol prices of Mumbai market at Rs 112/kg for Imported intact,  and at Rs. 112/kg for domestic intact, a fall of Rs. 10/kg in each 

US phenol supplies will remain tight into March – and likely beyond – as the market recovers from production issues and 

Polypropylene (PP) prices rising marginally in the Indian market, with suppliers preserving their firm stance although buying activities

US ethylene dichloride (EDC) shipments to Asia have fallen sharply amid the US-China trade war, but Olin, the main exporter

Sinopec Jinling plans to shut its LAB plant at Nanjing, China in April 2019 for scheduled maintenance of around one month. The plant 

As per the trend, BPCL will increase benzene basic price. According to the information and after analyzing the market demand and

Growing demand for plastics in developing countries means the petrochemicals sector will still be among the key drivers of oil demand 

According to the information received, MTO ( Mineral Turpentine Oil) and n-hexane basic price may increase by Rs 2.30/Kg