Oil prices rose on Monday, lifted by optimism that talks could soon resolve the trade war between the United States and China,

Methanol supply is down in January. Luxi Chemical’s new 800kt/yr methanol plant has shut its production. In addition, methanol supply

Ortho-Xylene prices drifted lower in the International market. Prices plummeted on the back of lackluster demand trends in the region.

Propylene prices inched higher in Asian market on Friday. The price rise was supported by higher upstream crude values coupled 

SM prices in Asia firmed up on Friday. Reports of higher upstream crude and benzene rates coupled with limited product availability, 

Ethylene prices fell on Friday in the Asian market. Reports of strong selling action and plentiful product availability together pulled

NBA(N-Butanol) price has moved down in the Indian chemical market, on account of decreasing demand as of Jan 04, 2019.

In the Mumbai, demand for Acetone was moderate with buyers purchasing the raw material on a need basis. Prices of the chemical 

Propionic alcohol prices in Domestic market were stable in spite of lower international prices on higher domestic demand.

Last week, the prices of Acrylonitrile was down in the Indian chemical market due to low demand from buyers.

Sinopec Sichuan Petroleum is likely to take off-stream its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant located at Chongqing in Sichuan province 

Phenol prices in India are not likely to undergo any major change in the near term as demand for the raw material is expected to

The Asian ethylene market is expected to be more ample in 2019, on the back of a fewer cracker turnaround, regional capacity

Phenol prices in India are not likely to undergo any major change in the near term as demand for the raw material is expected to

Acetic acid prices are expected to continue their downward trend into the first quarter of 2019 due to an acute shortage of material, but players

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has announced a downward price revision for benzene and toluene with effect from January 1, 2019.

Mexico's Pemex produced a combined 25,631 mt of benzene, toluene, and xylene in November, down 170 mt, or 0.7%, from October, 

Tangshan Zhongrun Coal Chemical has resumed operations at its No.2 methanol plant located at Tangshan in Hebei province of China.

Huizhou MMA  has shut its acetone cyanohydrin-based methyl methacrylate (MMA) unit located at Huizhou in Guangdong Province

Celanese is in plans to shut its Butyl Acetate (butac) and Ethyl Acetate (etac) swing plant located at Jurong Island in Singapore.

Crude oil output at CNPC's Daqing oil field, China's largest, fell to 32 million tonnes in 2018, down more than 6% from a year earlier.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has restarted Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) unit located in Hazira, Gujarat following an unplanned outage.

MEG prices fell in Asia around the week because of downstream Ethylene dull demand On Thursday, MEG prices drifted lower in Asia

Bis Phosphoric price was assessed flat in the International market, The current price scenario is like this:, in Far East Asia $1050/mt

On Thursday, ACN prices in International level remained stable at last close. Demand trends were reported as dull in the region.