<% title="Polymer Article Page" keyword="" description="" body_id="body_home" %> News On Apr-19-2003

Polymer News On Apr-19-2003

EDC and VCM prices in Asia decline further this week

Apr 19, 2003

Falling prices have prompted Japanese producer Kaneka to withdraw VCM offers from the markets while simultaneously reducing it~...


Squeezed production margins push ethylene producers to adopt run cuts

Apr 19, 2003

With ethylene production margins in the red, Asian producers are reducing output levels as prices this week further declined in...


Local distributor says that lift in buying sentiments across Asia is encouraging

Apr 19, 2003

A discussion with a distributor of an Indian resin producer last evening saw him lament on the subject of the ongoing nationwid...


Asian trader clocks successful LLDPE sales to Latin America

Apr 19, 2003

An Asian trader a polymerupdate team member spoke with today said, “ Latin American markets have been actively purchasing LLDPE...


More signs emerge of markets nearing bottom

Apr 19, 2003

Many markets on Friday were closed on account of the Easter weekend holiday and hence reports of trade including from the energ...


PX producer hopeful that trader buying interest for May suggests bottom levels for markets

Apr 19, 2003

The week ended with the paraxylene (PX) markets ruling stable in Asia as some buyer demand began to re-surface. Several traders...