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September 9, 2011
North American ethylene contracts for the month of August have settled at a decrease of 1.25 cts/lb, to 55.5 cts/lb on lower feedstock costs, market players say. The settlement...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Ethylene-Contracts-Settle-Down-on-Lower-Feedstock-Costs_37454.html September 9, 2011
BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) says it has decided to close the company’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) processing business, Ablakprofil, with the loss of 82 jobs. Ablakprofil, which...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/BorsodChem-exits-PVC-Processing_37455.html September 9, 2011
National Peroxide (Mumbai) has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company began commercial production at its previously announced, expanded hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/National-Peroxide-Starts-at-Kalyan_37457.html August 29, 2011
North American titanium dioxide (TiO2) producers have nominated another round of price increases after hiking second-quarter prices by 15 cts/lb, or 10%. Four of the five major U.S...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/TiO2-Producers-Set-to-Raise-Prices-Again_37149.html August 29, 2011
North American ethylene prices are poised to rebound in the latter half of the current quarter on upcoming cracker turnarounds, market players say. At least four major cracker...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Ethylene-Prices-Poised-to-Rise-on-Planned-Outages_37148.html August 26, 2011
Methanex has restarted its Atlas methanol facility at Point Lisas, Trinidad following an unplanned outage on July 20. Production was down for about a month, curtailing annual output by...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Methanex-Resumes-production_37150.html August 26, 2011
Styron says it will increase the prices for all polycarbonate resins by €220/m.t. in Europe, the Mideast and Africa on September 1, or as contracts allow BASF says it will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Basic-Chemicals-Price-Watch_37151.html August 22, 2011
Eastman Chemical has restarted its 358,000-m.t./year ethylene unit at Longview, TX following an unplanned outage in early August. Eastman halted ethylene and propylene at its largest...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Producers-Resume-Production_36982.html August 22, 2011
A flurry of caustic soda price increases were nominated by most North American producers in mid-August, after numerous failed attempts to raise contract prices in July by $50/ton...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Chlor-Alkali-Producers-Nominate-Caustic-Soda-Price-Hikes_36980.html August 22, 2011
North American commodity chemicals prices have stumbled in August amid volatility in financial markets and falling energy prices. U.S. butadiene spot prices tumbled 10 cts/lb, to 189...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Commodity-Chemicals-Stumble-on-Financial-Volatility_36979.html August 19, 2011
The American Natural Soda Ash Corp. (ANSAC; Westport, CT)—a consortium of U.S.-based soda ash producers that sells into specific overseas markets—says it has lifted its...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Ansac-Lifts-Force-Majeure_36981.html August 8, 2011
Global demand for ethylene glycol (EG) increased 12.1% in 2010, to about 19.5 million m.t., and it is forecast to grow about 5.4%/year through 2015, driven by increased demand for...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Ethylene-Glycol-Market-Firms-Players-Bullish-on-Outlook_36642.html July 22, 2011
North American titanium dioxide (TiO2) contracts for the second-quarter have settled at an increase of 15 cts/lb, up about 10% from the first-quarter 2011, to $1.55-$1.69/lb del, on...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Titanium-Dioxide-Prices-Soar-on-Short-Supply-Strong-Demand_36307.html July 8, 2011
Global olefins prices are easing, with the notable exception of butadiene, as supply improves and crude oil prices decline. U.S. ethylene contracts for June settled down 3.5 cts/lb, or...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Global-Olefins-Prices-Move-Lower_35988.html July 8, 2011
PetroLogistics, owner and operator of the world’s largest propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, may be in talks to buy or lease some of Bayer’s 1,460 unused acres in West Virginia...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Petrologistics-Eyes-Bayer-Land-in-West-Virginia-for-Ethane-Cracker_35989.html July 8, 2011
U.S. chlor-alkali operating rates in May rose one percentage point from April levels, to 90%, according to the Chlorine Institute (Arlington, VA). Total chlorine production increased...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Chlor-alkali-Rates-Rise-_35990.html July 8, 2011
Bolstered by strong utilization rates, U.S. caustic soda producers have stepped out with price increase announcements, citing strong demand and tight supply. Dow Chemical says it will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/Producers-Up-Caustic-Prices_35991.html June 24, 2011
ExxonMobil Chemical’s Baytown, TX facility, the largest integrated petroleum and petrochemical complex in the U.S., stands out among its peers in terms of size and output. The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/ExxonMobils-Baytown-Site-Benefits-from-Feedslate-Flexibility_35724.html June 13, 2011
U.S. olefins production rose sequentially in the first-quarter of 2011 by an average of 5.7%, according to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA; Washington). The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/U-S-Olefins-Production-Rises_35370.html June 13, 2011
LyondellBasell has declared force majeure on polyethylene (PE) after a power failure at its Morris, IL plant. The plant has the capacity to produce about 295,000 m.t./year of linear...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/LyondellBasells-PE-Plant-Down_35369.html |
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