Taiwan’s Formosa Chemical and Fibres Corp (FCFC) plans to shut its 600,000 tonnes/year No 3 styrene monomer (SM) unit in April

US December ortho xylene contract prices settled down 6 cents from November at 40 cents/lb. The decrease was somehow in line

Benzene prices were expected to remain soft this week, a decline in import booking prices was also noticed and was assessed at

Brent and WTI oil prices fell on Monday, pulled down by OPEC's decision to delay a final decision on output cuts, awaiting support from 

Butadiene prices went down in the Europe market on Monday mainly on the account of dull buying trends and bearish cues from 

Spot prices of acetone declined in Europe on Monday. Prices fell on the back of lackluster demand for acetone in NW Europe

EDC prices remained steady in FE Asia, SE Asia, China, NW Europe, and US Gulf on  Monday. Prices remained steady in Far East Asia

Despite bearish global cues, methanol prices climbed in the US last week. The price rise was supported by improved regional buying sentiments.

On Monday, phenol prices slipped down in NW Europe market on the back of dull regional buying trends while  Chinese and SE Asian

Propylene prices went up in South Korea and China while assessed lower in US Gulf on Monday. Prices in South Korea at 

The most actively traded Jan methanol futures contract (MA1901) opened 8 yuan/mt lower at 2,462 yuan/mt and fluctuated to 2,458 yuan/mt

On Monday, styrene monomer (SM) prices drifted lower in the International market. Prices slipped on the back of bearish upstream 

Ethylene prices went down in the International region on December 10, 2018. Prices in India and SE Asia were assessed at 

Spot Toluene prices plummeted in the European market. Sluggish demand trends pushed toluene rates in European market sharply 

Cyclohexanone prices have gone up. According to our market sources, cyclohexanone stock is not available in the market for

A Monoethylene glycol cargo of 5000 Metric tonnes is expected to land at Hazira port on 16 December 2018 with the vessel name

LG Chem has restarted its Phenol unit. The unit was shut down in the month of November for scheduled maintenance. The maintenance

The buying sentiment was sluggish for Polypropylene (PP) in the Delhi market on December 10, 2018. A downward trend for feedstock 

Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50-50 joint venture (JV) between Total and Hanwha is investing of around $500 Million to further 

An Acetic Acid cargo of 3950 tonnes is expected to land at Hazira port on 13 December 2018 with the vessel name MT Sc Jupiter 

MMA production, its demand, and capacity are continuously going to be expanded, mainly in Asia. The Indian market is completely 

Ko Yo Chemical Group has rescheduled the restart of production at its methanol unit located at Sichuan in China. The company has 

PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical has restarted its MEG Unit located at Pengzhou, Sichuan, China following a temporary shutdown

Expanded capacity and, weak demand, have contributed to the limited liquidity seen on the week with pricing reaching the lowest level in

Oil prices fell on December 07, 2018. Prices went up in NW Europe from $60.06/bbl to $61.67/bbl (Brent), in US Gulf from $51.49/bbl