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Polymer News On May-19-2007Plant Updates - 19th May, 2007 (Part II)May 19, 2007... Plant Updates - 19th May, 2007 (Part I)May 19, 2007... Dow announces North American VORANATE™ TDI price increaseMay 19, 2007Effective July 1, 2007, Dow will increase its price for VORANATE™ toluene diisocyanate (TDI) by USD $0.10/pound. This price adj... LME Plastics Prices (LLDPE & PP) - 18th May 2007May 19, 2007... Nymex Crude prices on Friday inch higherMay 19, 2007On Friday Crude prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) firmed, rising on sustained worries about motor fuel shortag... Nigeria refinery bid lost by Steel tycoon L.N.MittalMay 19, 2007While in conversation with a domestic industry source, a polymerupdate team member reported that a bid for the takeover of Nige... Montana refinery restarted by CHS on ThursdayMay 19, 2007An industry source based in the USA reported that the main crude unit at the 55,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery of CHS Inc. l... Despite soft demand N Butanol sellers in Asia remain reluctant to drop their ratesMay 19, 2007N Butanol prices were pegged mostly flat through the week in Asia. Limited avails kept prices from dipping although buyers in C... USD 4 billion to be invested by Chevron in exploration and production in AsiaMay 19, 2007An industry source based in the USA reported that an investment plan of nearly USD 4 billion has been etched out by US oil majo... Tight supplies push 2EH rates in Asia higherMay 19, 2007Prices of 2EH edged higher in Asia this week as supplies continued to remain tight in the region. Not only was demand for downs... Dow Europe Announces Price Increase for LatexMay 19, 2007Effective June 1st, 2007, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase the price of styrene/butadiene latex sold t... Although DOP prices in Asia rise, not all buyers willing to pay higher ratesMay 19, 2007DOP prices firmed in Asia, rising in tandem with firmer upstream 2EH rates. Although demand in some parts of Asia did lift allo... BASF opens new engineering plastics compounding plant in ShanghaiMay 19, 2007On May 18th, 2007, BASF celebrated the inauguration of its engineering plastics compounding plant at its Pudong site in Shangha... Last phase of privatization started for Petkim by TurkeyMay 19, 2007While conversing with an industry source in Turkey, a polymerupdate team member reported that the last phase of privatization f... PA prices in South East Asia leap higherMay 19, 2007Prices of phthalic anhydride (PA) in China ended the week flat although Asian sellers hiked their offers to levels as high as U... |