On Thursday, PET prices rose in some parts of Asia on the account of higher feedstock prices for PTA and MEG coupled with higher

On Thursday, Brent and WTI Crude fell as China vowed to retaliate against the U.S. administration’s latest tariffs, raising trade tensions

Prices in Far East Asia, SE Asia and China stayed at the same level

In the International market, Styrene monomer (SM) prices found no change in steady demand on August 09, 2018, with prices at USD 1485/mt CFR China,

CFR China of MEG were assessed flat at the USD 945/mt levels while CFR South East Asia prices of MEG were also assessed steady at the USD 975/mt levels.

PX prices in the Asian market declined on Thursday. Prices were assessed at USD 1100/mt FOB Korea and USD 1120/mt CFR SE Asia levels,

On Thursday, SE Asia prices of Phenol were assessed down at the USD 1215/MT CFR,  a decrease of USD 65/MT from last assessed

On Thursday, SE Asia prices of Acetone were assessed down at the USD 695/MT CFR,  a decrease of USD 40/MT from last assessed

The price drop was attributed to weaker buying interest in the region. On Thursday, FOB Rotterdam prices of methanol were assessed down

In the International market, Polypropylene (Random Copolymer) prices found no change in steady demand on August 08, 2018,

On Wednesday, Polypropylene (Block Copolymer) prices in Pakistan and Sri Lanka were assessed at $1330/MT CFR, in FE Asia

Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (SNCG) situated in China, an associate of the Shenhua Group, one of the largest

Mitsui Chemicals Ltd. has planned to take off its IPA plant in Japan for the maintenance.According to the sources the company is likely to start turnaround at the plant

The demand of n-Butanol saw some activity across major trading hubs in India. A Mumbai based trader told the website the buyers were interested in Bulk purchases

A major fire broke out at Bharat Petrochemical Corporation Ltd.(BPCL) plant in Mahul refinery on Wednesday afternoon.

Acetic Acid (AA) prices remained steady in the Indian market due to soft demand pattern. Feedstock methanol and acetaldehyde prices were also noticed stable nowadays.

Xuzhou Haitian’s PP plant situated at Xuzhou,  Jiangsu province of China, has had a shutdown at for a maintenance

Located in Assaluyeh, Iran, Zagros Petrochemicals has restarted its No.2 methanol plant following an unplanned shutdown

Spot benzene Prices in Europe declined on Wednesday. FOB US Gulf prices were assessed at Cent 293.95/gallon, a fall 

Paraxylene (PX) prices in international; market gained on wednesday. The price rise was attributed to constrained product avails 

Ningbo Yisheng Petrochemical Company has restarted its Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant following a technical issue. The 

Taiyo Petrochemical Ltd. has planned to shut its styrene monomer (SM) plant in Japan. According to the sources the company is likely  

PetroChina Daqing Petrochem has shut its Styrene Monomer (SM) plant for a maintenance turnaround. Sources said

Taiwan has resumed its styrene monomer (SM) plant on schedule following a maintenance turnaround. The company

Monoethylene Glycol prices in South East Asia, India and China edged higher on Tuesday due to improved buying trends in the region.