Asia naphtha crack spread rose to its highest in over two months as steady demand provided market support, shrugging off supply that
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Three unplanned cracker outages over the past week have served to firm market sentiment for European ethylene a little.
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Caustic Soda prices climbed marginally in South East Asia and North East Asian regions this week. The price gain was on the back
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is likely to restart its low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit situated in Jamnagar, Gujarat on 10 April
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Exports of suspension polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from Russia totaled about 37,900 tonnes in the first two months of 2019, up 5% year on year
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Sluggish buying activity was witnessed in the Indian and International market this week. India’s biggest manufacturer, Reliance Industries
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Acetone markets may have reached a low point on prices as key feedstock refinery-grade propylene (RGP) has softened, while oversupply
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A tightness in Indian low-density polyethylene (LDPE) supply since February following a domestic outage is expected to persist until May,
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LyondellBasell and Covestor's propylene oxide/styrene monomer (PO/SM) operations at Maasvlakte in the Netherlands are expected
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Brazil’s January caustic soda production in 2019 increased from the same month in 2018 by nearly 19%, despite weakened domestic
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced a downward price revision of Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) with the effect from March
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Toluene Ex-Mumbai prices were a bit high as compared to other locations because of the low inventory available in the spot market.
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Acetic acid market prices moving downwards locally as well as internationally on the back of sluggish demand in the market.
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Styrolution Indian Ltd (SIL) announces a basic price revision for Styrene-Acrylonitrile (SAN) with the effect from March 14, 2019.
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Datang Duolun is likely to restart its methanol unit following an unexpected shutdown due to a facility issue. The company has
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Thailand's PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) has issued a sales tender for 10,000 tonnes of paraxylene (PX) for end-April loading.
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India’s isopropanol (IPA) import discussions fell alongside feedstock acetone and propylene prices. Two China-based producers
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India’s spot import prices of C6 metallocene linear low-density polyethylene (MLLDPE) continue to firm up in the week despite subdued
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Fog on the Houston ship channel and throughout the US Gulf Coast continued to create logistics problems this week, prompting one
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) lowered its cracker ethylene run-rates to around 80% of capacity from 100% previously in Jamnagar, Gujarat,
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Asia’s polystyrene (PS) market sentiment is poised to stay firm in the near term due to support from the downstream appliances sector
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SM prices were assessed higher in Asian and European market on Wednesday. Reports of improved demand trends in the
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Methanol prices inched higher in China this week China prices were assessed up at USD 307/mt CFR, an increase of USD 4/mt
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Chemplast Sanmar Ltd announced a basic price revision for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) with the effect
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Liquid Caustic Soda in Asia are expected to continue rising in the near term on the back of tighter supply caused by turnarounds,
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