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Buyers, traders look for roll in US methanol Sept contracts 27 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm
HOUSTON- September contract postings will likely roll over for US methanol, a quick survey of buyers and traders revealed on Monday.Methanex and Southern Chemical Corp (SCC) usually issue their contra...
US Sept BD expected to roll over, stay at 2009 lows 27 Aug 2013 | 01:03 pm
HOUSTON- In August, the monthly contract price for US butadiene (BD) dropped by more than 30%. For the September contract, which is expected to be settled this week, it is expected to essentially roll...
Hungarian MOL’s BD plant to profit from global supply deficit: analysts 27 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
LONDON (ICIS)-The forint (Ft) 30bn ($135m, €101m)investment of Hungary’s MOL group in constructing a butadiene (BD) plant is likely to be profitable over the long term with global BD demand trailing s...
Kuwait’s KPC sells 125,000 tonnes spot naphtha for Sept loading 23 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
SINGAPORE - State-owned oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has sold 125,000 tonnes of spot naphtha for loading in September, traders said on Thursday. Kuwait’s KPC sells 125,000 tonnes spot naph...
Asia naphtha market gets relief from arbitrage window closure 23 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
SINGAPORE -Asia’s naphtha market is getting some relief from further inflows of surplus deep-sea cargoes, now that arbitrage economics to move western material eastwards are no longer viable, traders ...
US August acrylates prices settle flat on soft fundamentals 23 Aug 2013 | 03:38 pm
HOUSTON -US acrylic acid and acrylate esters contract prices settled flat for August as nominal feedstock pressure kept values from weakening amid soft market conditions, sources said on Thursday. “W...
Europe naphtha traders hopeful of bullish September 23 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
LONDON - The European naphtha cargo market may have seen very few trades over the past few days, but there are high hopes the current bullish sentiment will extend into September on the prospect of ti...
Lubrizol opens Chinese additives manufacturing facility 21 Aug 2013 | 02:49 pm
US specialty chemicals supplier Lubrizol has opened an additives manufacturing facility in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Besides forming the centerpiece of the company’s previously announced ten-year inve...
Lignol Energy further increases stake in Territory Biofuels 21 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
Lignol Energy (LEC), a Canadian advanced biofuel technology firm, will invest up to a further A$1m ($917,230) in Australian-based Territory Biofuels (TBF). Lignol Energy further increases stake in Te...
Praxair starts up second nitrogen facility in US 21 Aug 2013 | 02:39 pm
Industrial gas company Praxair has commissioned its second nitrogen plant at its facility in Kirtland, New Mexico, US. Praxair starts up second nitrogen facility in US The second New Mexico nitrogen...
