http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:36:29 EST Chemtura says it has declared force majeure on its Blendex plastics additives sourced from North America due to “critical shortages” of butadiene, a key raw material. The company... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/13846.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sinopec and Sabic say they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to extend the scope of their previously announced petrochemical joint venture at Tianjin, China... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/12635.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Prices for most primary petrochemicals are being driven higher by rising energy and feedstock costs, but butadiene prices are climbing because the product is short and supplies are growing... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/12256.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Yangzi Petrochemical (YPC; Nanjing, China), a Sinopec subsidiary, has started up a 100,000-m.t./year butadiene... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/11742.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Partners have submitted feasibility study to the Chinese government.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/10968.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Prices U.S.: 61 cts/lb del, Feb. contracts; 68-69 cts/lb del, spot EUROPE: €890/m.t./del, first-quarter contract; $1,230-1,240/m.t. fob, spot ASIA: $1,700/m.t. c&f, spot Outlook Global... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/10784.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Butadiene contracts settled at a record high of 61 cts/lb for February contracts, and spot prices continue to firm, adding 15 cts/lb to reach 67-69 cts/lb in recent weeks, sources say. Planned... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/10531.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST The plant will use Invista’s proprietary butadiene-based technology to produce hexamethylene diamine (HMD) and adiponitrile (ADN).... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/9009.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST Prices U.S.: 56 cts/lb del, August contracts; 59-60 cts/lb, del, spot EUROPE: €872/m.t. del, third-quarter contract; $1,150-$1,160/m.t. fob, spot ASIA: $850-$900/m.t. c&f, spot Outlook... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/7633.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT U.S. Gulf Coast buyers say they are close to securing a 1-ct/lb decrease in the July butadiene contract, bringing prices to 57 cts/lb, del. The June contract was agreed to as a rollover from... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/6769.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT