Analytics & News

TPE Prices for North American Resins

31 Mar 2010

Polyethylene (PE) spot trading was active and prices softened another $0.005/lb last week, easing along with the spot ethylene market. Resin prices had been as much as $0.07/lb higher in early March, according to spot plastics-trading platform, The P...

World Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) Consumption to Grow at a...

31 Mar 2010

LONDON – World Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) consumption is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 1.9% during 2010–2014. Most of that growth will come from Asia Pacific. Due to the global recession, consumption contracted significantly in the dev...

Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Consumption to Grow at an Aver...

31 Mar 2010

LONDON – Global Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) demand is growing by 3-5%/year, driven by Asia, particularly China, where growth is rated at 8-10%/year. World consumption is forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 3.3% during 2010–2013. Continuing de...

Rompetrol to expand HDPE capacity by 70% by March 2011

30 Mar 2010

Rompetrol Petrochemicals, the petrochemical division of the Rompetrol Group, will increase the capacity of the high density polyethylene installation (HDPE) by more than 70% by March 2011, the total value of the investment being estimated to approxim...

Silver Price Tracks Gold Lower

30 Mar 2010

After starting the week off strong Monday morning, the spot price of silver in New York closed down to $17.25 an ounce. Prices plunged further in early morning trading Tuesday to as low as $16.86 before climbing back up to close at $17.29 an ounce....

Cerium Compounds and Compounds of Other Rare-earth Metal...

29 Mar 2010

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BASF to increase prices for extrusion polyamide polymer...

26 Mar 2010

BASF will increase the price for Polyamide 6, Polyamide 6,6 and Polyamide 6/66 copolymer by $0.09 per pound, effective March 29, 2010, or as contracts permit. This increase covers nylon polymer for spinning, extrusion, and compounding. BASF...

PVC buyers in Italy anticipate price rollover for April

26 Mar 2010

In Italy, some sellers particularly from Central Europe opened the month of March on a firm note asking for increases of up to €50/ton, in a bid to improve margins, as per Chemorbis. However, some West European sources sustained February prices,...

INEOS ChlorVinyls announces Caustic Soda price increase

25 Mar 2010

INEOS ChlorVinyls has announced a price increase of Euro 60 per dry metric tonne on Quarter Two 2010 caustic soda contracts. This increase is necessary due to reduced margins on the electro-chemical unit and the shortage of caustic soda availability...

Poor demand causes lower PVC import offers in Egypt

25 Mar 2010

In Egypt, competitive prices from the local PVC producer EPC and distributors are affecting the already poor demand for imports as buyers prefer to wait in the sidelines before making import purchases as per Chemorbis. This week, import American offe...

LANXESS Increases Prices for Polyamide 6.6 Products and...

24 Mar 2010

LANXESS is going to increase the prices for certain plastics and rubber chemicals effective April 1, 2010 due to higher costs. The Semi-Crystalline Products business unit announced an increase for its polyamide 6.6 products (Durethan A) by EUR 0.35 p...

Soda Ash: 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Re...

23 Mar 2010

LONDON – World soda ash consumption is projected to grow at an average annual rate of about 2% through 2013. Projected regional average annual growth rates range from 4% for Asia to –0.2% for North America and –0.1% for Europe. Deve...

BASF increases European prices for methylamines and meth...

22 Mar 2010

With immediate effect, BASF is increasing its European sales prices for methylamines and methylamine derivatives as follows: Monomethylamine (MMA) + €30 per metric ton Dimethylamine (DMA) + €40 per metric ton Trimethylamine (TMA) + &eu...

North American Suppliers Report Shortages of Polyethylen...

18 Mar 2010

Dow Chemical Co. has gone to "demand management" on some grades of high density PE, while Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC has declared force majeure on all of its PE grades. Both companies cited limited ethylene supplies as reasons for these marke...

Propylene prices in Asia heading for a crash?

15 Mar 2010

Propylene prices in Asia seem headed for "a crash" a result of an increase in spot supplies by around 20,000 ton/month as per ICIS. Huge surpluses are expected to flood the markets with the start up of facilities in Asia, easing the tight supplies in...

Arkema's EVA price increase

15 Mar 2010

Arkema is implementing a price increase of 80€/T (110 $/T) , for all Evatane® resins (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers). This increase will take effect globally on 1st April 2010, or as customer contracts allow. The reason for this...

Orthoxylene: 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been...

15 Mar 2010

LONDON - Within Chemicals & Petrochemicals Reports Package 2010, a newly updated market report “Orthoxylene: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by MarketPublishers.com The report features important asp...

Repsol plans indefinite shutdown of styrene, propylene o...

12 Mar 2010

Spain's Repsol is to shut down its petrochemical units producing styrene, propylene oxide and glycols at the refinery indefinitely. It has also halted the hydrocracker at its Puertollano refinery for 3 months due to low refining margins. Since the cr...

Biodegradable polymers market to grow at 13% through 201...

11 Mar 2010

Despite a poor global economy, the biodegradable polymers market grew in 2009 and will continue to expand at an average annual rate of 13% through 2014, says report. The total consumption of biodegradable polymers in North America, Europe, and A...

Huntsman to Increase Polyetheramine and Alkylene Carbona...

11 Mar 2010

Huntsman Corporation announced that its Performance Products division will increase prices in Europe for all grades of the polyetheramine and alkylene carbonate products listed below, by 125€/tonne for polyetheramines and by 75 €/tonne for alkylene c...

Oxea Announces Price Increases for Higher Alkyl Amines

10 Mar 2010

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the products below effective April 1, 2010, or as contracts allow. Mono-n-Butylamine: 100 €/mt (Europe), 6 cpp (North America), 135 US$/mt (Asia, Latin America) Di-n-Butylamine: 110 €/mt (Euro...

Huntsman increases price for all Titanium Dioxide Pigmen...

10 Mar 2010

The Pigments division of Huntsman Corporation announced global price increases for all its titanium dioxide pigments. The following increases are effective April 1, 2010 or as applicable contracts allow: Europe: €100 (Euros) per tonne or $150 (U...

Xianglu Petrochem to Build ¥743m IPA Plant in China

10 Mar 2010

Xianglu Petrochemical will invest ?743m ($108.75m) to build a new isophthalic acid (IPA) plant. Construction is due to finish in 2012 with the plant expected to produce 250,000mt of IPA every year. This investment means Xianglu will be the...

Biogas Plant Markets Finally on the Upswing - Germany to...

09 Mar 2010

The German biogas plants market plunged 80 per cent in 2008 pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG). However, because the German biogas...

Oxea Announces Carboxylic Acids Price Increases

09 Mar 2010

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the products below effective April 1, or as contracts allow. Butyric Acids: 40 EUR/mt (Europe), 100 US$/mt (Asia) 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid: 80 EUR/mt (Europe), 0.07 US$/lb (Americas), 150 US$/mt (Asia) n-...

Melamine 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Rec...

09 Mar 2010

LONDON – A newly updated market report “Melamine: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Melamine market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusi...

Polypropylene (PP) 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecas...

09 Mar 2010

LONDON – Due to worldwide meltdown, the global consumption of polypropylene (PP) shall recover from the 2008 declines. In 2010-2013, the global demand is estimated to increase by an average 3.7%/y. Global PP capacity is set to increase from 52...

Naphtha economics to determine olefins prices

04 Mar 2010

Naphtha economics will continue to set the prices for olefins, with any recovery not expected to be demand-led, as reported in ICIS. “No matter how bad things are in petrochemicals, upstream naphtha and crude oil will determine pricing,”...

World ethylene demand to cross 160 mln tons by 2015

03 Mar 2010

Global capacity of ethylene is projected to be approximately 142 mln tons by 2010. Middle East and Asia are all set to emerge as the world's largest ethylene producing regions. Key to increasing capacities is the availability of low cost raw material...

Sekisui: PVOH prices to be raised on 1 April 2010

02 Mar 2010

US polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) manufacturer Sekisui Speciality Chemicals (Dallas, Texas; www.sekisui-sc.com) has announced global price increases for all its PVOH grades, effective 1 April 2010. In Mexico, South America and Asia, the group will charge a...