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Polymer News On Oct-1-2003

Global crude oil prices on Tuesday record sharp gains

Oct 1, 2003

Crude oil prices on Tuesday surged on the back of fresh buying by hedge funds coupled with building market worries about a poss...


Asian contract price nomination of PTA for October lower than September

Oct 1, 2003

Market sources today informed the polymerupdate team that BP had nominated its October Contract Price for PTA for Asia at USD 5...


More on the anti dumping duties on PVC announced by Chinese authorities

Oct 1, 2003

Further to a news feed entitled, ~Chinese government announces anti dumping duties on PVC imports from select countries~, carr...


South Korean trader confident of a market turnaround

Oct 1, 2003

The Asian markets today opened quiet with the region~s most prominent consuming nation, China on holiday for the National Day c...


PET prices left unchanged for October

Oct 1, 2003

A local source in conversation with a polymerupdate team member a short while ago informed him that Indian petrochemical major ...


Benzene prices in Asia continue to slide

Oct 1, 2003

Benzene prices in Asia further slipped tracking softer prices in the US and declining buyer interest in Asia on account of the ...


Naphtha prices climb sharply in tandem with overnight gains in crude

Oct 1, 2003

Asian open spec naphtha prices on Tuesday ended the day firm with 1st half of November bid prices at 17:30 hours Singapore time...


Openly disgruntled with the October price revision - Indian buyers talk tough

Oct 1, 2003

A flurry of market reactions to the overnight price announcements made in PP and PE grades by Indian producers indicate a gener...


Indorama~s plans to build a 700 kt/annum PTA plant in Thailand proceeds smoothly

Oct 1, 2003

A polymerupdate source in Thailand recently informed the team that Thailand~s Board of Investment (BoI) had given India~s Indor...


Reliance and IPCL revise prices of HD/LLDPE and LDPE

Oct 1, 2003

Late last evening a local source informed the polymerupdate team that India~s Reliance Industries Ltd and IPCL had announced th...