24/05/2013
Spot PE prices in Italy began to post increases over the past two weeks for the first time since early February, putting an end to an overall decreasing trend that lasted for fifteen weeks. According to ChemOrbis Price Index, local spot PE prices have gained €…
2013-05-23
Thailand’s PTT has started a feasibility study on their proposed refinery and petrochemical complex in Binh Dinh, Vietnam...
2013-05-23
US PVC producers are targeting increases on their June prices in the domestic market...
2013-05-23
An initial MEG contract for May has been settled in Europe...
2013-05-23
An initial June PX contract has been announced in Asia...
2013-05-23
Several Chinese producers report that they are willing to offer some discounts to conclude deals given the slippage witnessed in crude oil prices on the NYMEX yesterday...
2013-05-23
May PX and PTA contract prices have been settled in the US...
2013-05-23
June butadiene contracts have started to be announced in the US...
2013-05-23
China’s manufacturing unexpectedly shrank for the first time in seven months in May...
2013-05-23
The Indian government raised customs duties on all polymer imports from 5% to 7.5% effective as of May 8, 2013. Buyers are expressing concerns about how the increase in duties will affect their margins, while traders and producers are generally anticipating better sales…
2013-05-23
According to distributors in Turkey, Petkim raised its LDPE prices today...
2013-05-23
According to a distributor in India, domestic producers raised their prices today, citing the depreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar as the main reason for their price hikes...
2013-05-23
September LLDPE futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange closed...
2013-05-23
ICE July Brent crude fell $1.31 to $102.60/bbl Wednesday
2013-05-23
NYMEX June crude fell $1.90 to $94.28/bbl Wednesday
2013-05-22
A Southeast Asian producer has announced its PP and LDPE prices for June to Malaysia...
Higher prices from overseas producers kept the import market buoyant while local PP prices stepped back a bit following the increases recorded over the past two weeks...
PP prices edged higher over the past week while many players voiced expectations of additional increases in June...
New PP prices from regular import suppliers have started to emerge slowly in the recent days after a silent week, when sellers mostly held onto their stocks. In the import market, several Saudi origins have shown up this week for raffia with $...
Trading activities were calm heading to the end of May as many PP buyers reported that their suppliers were not offering extra volumes for this month saying they are sold out...
Players report hearing market talk that EPPC will start offering again to the market as of the beginning of...
