According to Platts Energy News San Antonio on March 28, a buyer said on Sunday that the US propylene market is expected to be in surplus in 2018 and 2019, but by the early 2020s,with the impact of the production capacity of some new propylene derivatives, the supply of propylene in the United States will tend to [...]
The MOM and YOY of titanium dioxide import all dropped 50%. In February 2018, the national import of titanium dioxide was 8647 tons,with a year-on-year decrease of 9988 tons and a decrease of 53.60%, with a month-on-month decrease of 11495 tons and a decrease of 57.07%. The top three import countries are Australia, the United [...]
In general, factory price in central of shandong and eastern enterprises fell by RMB 30-50/tonne to RMB 2650-2720/tonne. Nearby trading houses such as Dongying and Zibo offered RMB 2,700/tonne. The enthusiasm for downstream delivery was limited, and the market’s turnover was cautious.
DCC has begun to increase prices or surcharges for all bismuth vanadate (Pigment Yellow 184), Chrome Yellow (Pigment Yellow 34) and Molybdate (Pigment Red 104) pigments used in the global coatings and plastics industry. Due to the global supply shortage, commodity prices have risen in recent months. It is expected that prices will [...]
US methanol producer Southern Chemical Corp. will hold its April North American posted contract price at 149 cents/gal ($496/mt) FOB USG, the company said in a notice sent to customers Thursday. SCC's flat contract price follows Methanex's announcement for its April North American contract price, which also was unchanged at 149 cents/gal ($496/mt) FOB USG. [...]
Malaysia's state-run Petroliam Nasional Berhad or Petronas Wednesday said it has finalized two joint ventures with Saudi Aramco that give them equal ownership of the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development or RAPID refinery project. The formation of the joint ventures comes nearly a year after a preliminary agreement was signed between the two national oil [...]
On March 26, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement to investigate the anti-dumping investigation of imported phenol originating in the United States, the European Union, South Korea, Japan, and Thailand. According to the announcement, the Ministry of Commerce received a formal anti-dumping investigation on behalf of the domestic phenol industry on February 2, 2018. [...]
North American polypropylene producers stand a good chance of increasing margins on domestic contract pricing by as much as 2 cents/lb ($44/mt) for April on supply tightness, a producer source said Tuesday. North American producers including Braskem America, LyondellBasell and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA have announced increases for April independent of feedstock propylene contract [...]
From sinopecnews,recently, the Sinopec styrene catalyst produced by the Shanghai Research Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Industry (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Institute of Technology) and catalyst Shanghai Branch was first exported to Western Europe, and was applied on the Ineos Styrolution plant in Belgium at a capacity of 125,000 tons/year. The company is the [...]
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on the 25th that from March 25th to 28th, atmospheric diffusion conditions continued to be unfavorable in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, and a relatively large-scale pollution process will occur. At present, Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Jining and other 34 prefecture level cities and above [...]
