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Polymer News On May-3-2002Asian buyers adjust downward their bids for ethylene and propylene feedstockMay 3, 2002With global prices of crude sliding and with naphtha prices adjusting downward accordingly in an environment witnessing an incr... Asian prices of Crude inch up prompting naphtha to rise marginallyMay 3, 2002Crude oil prices rose for the first time in four days, gaining as much as 1.1 percent, after oil workers at a Brazilian state-c... DuPont White Pigment & Mineral Products Changes Its Name to DuPont Titanium TechnologiesMay 3, 2002DuPont White Pigment & Mineral Products today announced that effective May 1 the business will be known as DuPont Titanium Tech... IOC emerges as strongest contender for IPCL stakeMay 3, 2002With reference to the race for the IPCL takeover, in which the three short listed bidders include Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) ... Singapore based polymer analyst shares his views on market direction hereon - appeals to resin producersMay 3, 2002An early morning discussion with a Singapore based polymer analyst and market observer saw him increasingly sounding pessimisti... Korean producer Hanwha also joins in the race for Hyundai takeoverMay 3, 2002Almost as if competing for a coveted trophy, no petrochemical producer in Korea seemed like wanting to lose out on the opportun... Asian naphtha prices open at USD 233.75/ mt CNF JapanMay 3, 2002In keeping with the declining prices of Crude, Asian naphtha today was heard quoting at USD 233.75/mt CNF Japan for second half... Construction of Shell and BASF Styrene JV in Singapore completed. Commercial shipments will soon beginMay 3, 2002Market sources confirmed late last evening that construction of ELLBA Eastern a Joint Venture between Shell and BASF had been ... Crude prices decline as Arafat siege endsMay 3, 2002... IPCL revises PVC prices for MayMay 3, 2002Indian petrochemical producer IPCL, a company very much in the news today due to the on going bidding exercise for the pruchase... LDPE demand in Turkey expected to rise due to seasonal requirement - local producer hikes May prices by USD 20/mtMay 3, 2002A European source informed the polymerupdate team this afternoon that in the weeks ahead demand for LDPE in Turkey was likely t... Extended shutdown at Brazil~s largest petrochemical plant prompts downstream PE producer to declare force majeureMay 3, 2002Reports from a source in South America indicate that an extended shutdown at the countries largest petrochemical producer Copen... |