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March 15, 2010
Firm demand and tight supply caused by a flurry of outages in recent weeks have driven up ethylene prices. TIME OUT: Shell Chemical’s Norco, LA ethylene unit is one of four Gulf...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Capacity-Outages-Drive-Ethylene-Prices-Higher_25327.html March 15, 2010
BASF has declared force majeure on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS in North America due to a shortage of butadiene feedstock at its 130,000-m.t./year plant at Tamaulipas, Mexico...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/BASFs-Force-Majeure-for-ABS_25328.html March 15, 2010
Arkema says it increased the price of all perester, percarbonate, perketal, diacyl and dialkyl organic peroxides in the Americas effective March 15, or as contracts allow, due to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_25329.html March 1, 2010
For the third time in six months, U.S. ethylene market players are said to be close to settling a multiple-month contract, this time for January and February. The deliberations...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Ethylene-Market-Heads-for-Another-Two-Month-Settlement_25049.html March 1, 2010
Koch Industries’ Flint Hills Resources unit says it intends to demolish part of its shuttered Odessa, TX petrochemicals plant or sell it to someone who will do the same. There...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Flint-Hills-to-Demolish-Texas-Plant_25050.html March 1, 2010
Dow Chemical has increased the price of polycarbonate by €300/m.t. in Africa, Europe, India and the Mideast effective March 1, or as contracts allow Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_25051.html March 1, 2010
The London Metal Exchange (LME) says it has modified the price discovery process for plastics futures contracts traded on the exchange. Beginning February 15, prices for the LME...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/LME-Changes-Trading-process_25052.html March 1, 2010
U.S. olefins production rose sequentially in the fourth-quarter of 2009 by an average of about 6.7%, according to the latest production statistics from the National...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/NPRA-U-S-Olefins-Rose-in-Late-2009_25053.html February 15, 2010
Demand for soda ash is expected to recover this year across the industry as flat glass demand rebounds, market players say. “As we begin 2010, global soda ash demand recovery is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Global-Soda-Ash-Industry-Poised-for-Recovery_24763.html February 15, 2010
The U.S. District Court in Wilmington, DE has ruled in favor of Eastman Chemical in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Wellman. The court’s decision that held two Wellman patents...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Court-Rules-in-Favor-of-Eastman-in-Patent-Infringement-Case_24764.html February 15, 2010
Olin says it has lifted its force majeure on chlorine, diaphragm grade caustic soda, hydrogen, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, and sodium chloride from...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Olin-Lifts-Force-Majeure_24765.html February 15, 2010
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says it is monitoring sales levels and applying volume restrictions as necessary on...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Oxea-Implements-Sales-Control_24766.html February 1, 2010
North American chlor-alkali operating rates took a tumble in December, falling six percentage points from November to 76%, according to the Chlorine Institute (Arlington, VA). Chlorine...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Chlor-Alkali-Operating-Rates-Plunged-in-December_24428.html February 1, 2010
Pryor Chemical Co., a subsidiary of LSB Industries (Oklahoma City, OK), says it has started production of anhydrous ammonia at its Pryor, OK site, but that downstream production of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Production-Starts-at-Delayed-Pryor-Chemical-Ammonia-Facility_24429.html February 1, 2010
Celanese says it will increase the price of all grades of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers by 7 cts/lb and all grades of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_24430.html February 1, 2010
Olin has declared force majeure for chlorine, diaphragm-grade caustic soda, hydrogen, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, and sodium chloride produced at its McIntosh, AL facility...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Olin-Declares-Force-Majeure_24431.html February 1, 2010
Dow Chemical says it will increase the price of all polyethylene (PE) resins in Africa, Europe, India and the Mideast on February 1, or as contracts allow, in an...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/European-Firms-Up-PE-Prices_24432.html January 25, 2010
North American ethylene contracts have settled in a two-month agreement for November and December 2009, posting a net gain of 5.75 cts/lb, market sources say. November contracts...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Ethylene-Contracts-Settle-in-Two-Month-Agreement_24253.html January 25, 2010
Global potash sales volumes fell about 50% last year as distributors restocked and farmers held off purchases, but demand is expected to recover this year due to solid pricing, says...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Potash-Volumes-Expected-to-Recover-by-2011_24254.html January 25, 2010
Chemical plants near Houston were mostly spared from weather-related problems as a wave of freezing cold temperatures hit Texas in early January. Icy temperatures brings...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Houston-Area-Petchem-Plants-Survive-Deep-Freeze_24255.html |
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