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Polymer News On Aug-3-2007EU clears SABIC~s acquisition of GE PlasticsAug 3, 2007A local polymerupdate source in Europe this afternoon informed the team that the European Commission (EC) today announced that ... Local trader provides an insight into open market prices of PP,PE and PVCAug 3, 2007While speaking with a polymerupdate team member this afternoon a local trader provided an update on the current ruling prices i... Asian PVC seller targets price hikes for next weekAug 3, 2007Outlook in Asia’s PVC markets continued to remain bullish ahead of the weekend start with most sellers citing good business thr... Mitsui Chemicals announces First Quarter 2007 performanceAug 3, 2007... Shaw Awarded Front End Engineering and Design Contract for Sonatrach LPG Recovery Facility in AlgeriaAug 3, 2007The Shaw Group Inc. on Thursday announced that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been awarded a front-end engineering and design... Start of a joint venture refinery in Qingdao delayed by SinopecAug 3, 2007While in conversation with an industry source based in China today, a polymerupdate team member reported that the start of a jo... Eastman Board Elects New Member, Declares DividendAug 3, 2007The board of directors of Eastman Chemical Company has elected Gary E. Anderson as a director. Anderson, 62, is retired chairma... Asian sellers of ABS hike their offer prices this weekAug 3, 2007Gains in SM feedstock values coupled with strength in ACN and firm butadiene prices together prompted sellers of ABS in Asia to... Operations to start on schedule at Dung Quat refinery of VietnamAug 3, 2007While in conversation with a industry source based in South East Asia, a polymerupdate team member reported that the PetroVietn... EDC and VCM prices look strong in AsiaAug 3, 2007The undercurrent in Asia’s EDC markets remained bullish through this week with offers to China heard up at the USD 450/mt CFR t... Imperial Oil announces second quarter financial and operating resultsAug 3, 2007... Westlake Chemical reports Second Quarter resultsAug 3, 2007... Chemtura reports 2007 Second Quarter resultsAug 3, 2007... ExxonMobil Announces Successful Start-up of the First Licensed Olgone Unit in ThailandAug 3, 2007ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC and Thai Paraxylene Company Limited (Thai PX) on Thursday announced the successful... September fuel oil tender issued by MRPLAug 3, 2007While in conversation with a domestic industry source, a polymerupdate team member reported that tenders have been issued for S... Petrochemicals Exchange to be set up by TitanAug 3, 2007While in conversation with an industry source based in China today, a polymerupdate team member was told that plans are in prog... Offer prices for PA creep higher in AsiaAug 3, 2007Asian prices of phthalic anhydride (PA) gained this week with offers to South East Asia heard riding up to levels near the USD ... Berthing operations commenced by Japanese refiners as typhoon Usagi passes over Western JapanAug 3, 2007An industry source based in Japan confirmed that berthing and oil product operations were resumed by Japanese refiners in Weste... Capacity expansion for plants in India, Thailand to be taken up by PolyplexAug 3, 2007While in conversation with a domestic industry source last evening, a polymerupdate team member reported that India~s Polyplex ... Nymex Crude prices on Thursday scale higherAug 3, 2007Prices of crude on Thursday scaled higher on the Nymex as traders revisited mid week reports from the U.S. Department Of Energy... MRPL tenders to sell Mixed Xylene export cargo on FOB basis ex-New MangaloreAug 3, 2007A local market source informed a polymerupdate team member that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) had yesterday ... MRPL tenders to sell Naphtha export cargo on FOB basis ex-New MangaloreAug 3, 2007A local market source informed a polymerupdate team member that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) had yesterday ... LME Plastics Prices - 02nd August 2007Aug 3, 2007... Forward naphtha market prices in Asia edge higherAug 3, 2007Asian open spec naphtha bid prices for the 1st half of September on Thursday were assessed down at the USD 665/mt CFR Far East ... Asian N butanol markets in a negotiation deadlockAug 3, 2007Buyers and sellers of N Butanol in Asia this week remained wide apart on the ideal pricing front with neither faction seen rele... Sinopec: no oil supply shortage in South ChinaAug 3, 2007There is no oil supply shortage in South China, including Guangdong Province, Asia~s top refiner Sinopec said Wednesday in a re... Latest operation status at select BTX plants in ChinaAug 3, 2007A polymerupdate source in China today reported that PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company will soon embark on a turnaround ... BASF shuts PS unit in Ludwigshafen, GermanyAug 3, 2007Last evening, a polymerupdate source in Europe reported that BASF had shutdown a 620,000 mt/annum polystyrene (PS) unit located... Market offers for MMA boosted higher in ChinaAug 3, 2007Market offers for MMA were boosted up in northern China. Traders indicated that many actual users did show some resistance towa... DOP prices in Asia inch up this weekAug 3, 2007Prices of DOP firmed this week, rising as demand was seen marginally improved in some parts of Asia, while upstream 2EH offers ... Xylene prices down adjust in ChinaAug 3, 2007The mainstream dealing prices for xylene were heard quoting down at RMB 8450-8500/mt (Zhangjiagang, ex-tank) in the market of J... Sellers of 2EH in Asia defend their August offers firmAug 3, 2007In Asia this week prices of 2EH were seen pegged mostly flat although seller offers did firm on account of strong regional fund... Polyethylene (PE) prices in some parts of China edge downAug 3, 2007... Buyers resist current firm offers of ABS in ChinaAug 3, 2007Activity in the ABS market of Yuyao City in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Thursday dulled. Market offers kept mostly ste... |