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DOP prices race higher in Asia
- 3 Feb 2012
6:50:21 PM
DOP prices raced higher this week in Asia. Prices climbed on the back of gains recorded in upstream PA and 2EH values. Improved demand trends also helped support the price increase.
CFR China prices of DOP were assessed up at the USD 1710/mt levels. Offers were higher at the USD 1750/mt C....
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Spot benzene prices in Europe tumble - 3 Feb 2012
6:49:54 PM-
POLYMERUPDATE
Spot benzene prices tumbled on Thursday in Europe. The price fall was prompted by softening energy values and a drop in benzene prices in the US markets which together overshadowed gains in downstream SM values.
FOB Rotterdam prices were assessed down at the USD 1260/mt levels, a day on d....
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Daesan MMA mulls turnaround at PMMA plant
- 3 Feb 2012
6:49:16 PM-
POLYMERUPDATE
An industry source based in Far East Asia informed a polymerupdate team member on the shutdown plans of a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plant operated by Daesan MMA.
The source said, “located at Yeosu in Japan, the PMMA plant has a production capacity of 50,000 mt/year.â€
When....
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Asian PX spot price average up 9% on month in Jan at $1,584.66/mt- 3 Feb 2012
9:53:57 AM-
PLATTS
Singapore (Platts)--2Feb2012/133 am EST/633 GMT
The average Asian paraxylene January spot price was up $130.76/mt, or 9%, from December's average, while the PX-naphtha average spread value also surged $77.78/mt or 14.1% over the same period, Platts data showed.
The rise in PX pric....
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China's Shen Hua shuts butadiene rubber plant on poor demand- 3 Feb 2012
9:53:05 AM-
PLATTS
Singapore (Platts)--2Feb2012/132 am EST/632 GMT
China's Shen Hua Chemical Industrial shut its butadiene rubber plant in Nantong on Wednesday for about a month, a source close to the company said Thursday.
High butadiene feedstock costs and poor domestic demand were among the facto....
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