Zhong Tian He Chuang a joint venture of Sinopec and China Coal Energy Group, has brought on-stream its polypropylene (PP) plant

Daicel Industries is in plans to bring on-stream an acetic acid plant after maintenance turnaround.

Taiwan's Formosa Plastic plans to shut its 1.133 million mt/year caustic soda plants in Mailiao over end June-mid July for annual maintenance,

Fujian Jialong Petrochemical has shut its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant for a maintenance turnaround.

Acrylonitrile prices were found not to have changed on June 14, 2018. The following prices were recorded : South East Asia -

Monoethylene glycol prices rose in South East Asia from $965/MT to $970/MT (CFR), in China from $920/MT to $925/MT (CFR)

On Thursday, Methanol price went up in SE Asia from $421/tonne(CFR) to $426/tonne(CFR) but the price noted no change in  US Gulf

In South East Asia, prices were assessed steady at the USD 526/MT CFR levels on lacklustre demand. 

On June 14, 2018, Propylene prices remained steady in Japan at $1075/MT FOB, SE Asia at $1015/MT CFR

Ethylene prices have moved up in India from $1240 to $1255/MT CFR, in NE Asia from $1360 to $1365/MT CFR

On Thursday, PTA price found no change in SE Asia at $855/MT(FOB), in FE Asia at $835/MT(FOB), in India at $865/MT(CIF).

On Thursday, PAN prices were steady in SE Asia at $1140/MT, in FE Asia at $925/MT and, in China at $925/MT respectively.

The demand for Formaldehyde was assessed good in the Indian market, according to market sources, as underlying end use demand is

In International chemical market, Acrylonitrile prices were found flat  on June 13, 2018. The following prices were recorded : 

Hebei Yingdu has recently restarted its Acetic Acid plant in China. According to the information received from reliable sources,

MDC prices inched up in Indian chemical market as a result of which soft buying activity was observed in the market, 

Jilin Petrochemicals has restarted its No.4 Acrylonitrile (ACN) unit after a planned shutdown. According to the information 

There was satisfactory buying for Caustic soda in the Mumbai market as a result of stable prices. Although the prices are stable,

Henan Yongjin Chemical has shut its monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit owing to environmental issues.

PTA price have gone up in India market, and demand is slow because of need- based buying mainly due to the influence of high international price movement

In South East Asia, caustic soda price found no change on June 13, with the price at $526/MT on CFR basis on steady demand.

On Wednesday, Methanol price went slightly up in Rotterdam from Euro 384/MT(FOB) to Euro 392/MT(FOB) and SE Asia from

Polypropylene (Block Copolymer) have moved up in Bangladesh from $1340 to $1370/MT CFR, in Thailand from $1360 to $1400/MT CIF,

On Wednesday, DOP prices remained steady in SE Asia, FE Asia as well as in and China at $1265/MT,$1135/MT and $1135/MT respectively.

On Wednesday, Phenol prices went down in China from $1285/MT to $1275/MT(CFR) but no change was observed in SE Asia and NW Europe