Norway's Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, said that a turnaround at its Tjeldbergodden methanol plant has been carried out

Haldia petrochemical Limited (HPL) located in Haldia in West Bengal, has a 330ktpa HDPE plant, a 370ktpa HDPE/LLDPE 

Formosa Plastics Corp (FPC), in Ningbo China is planning to shut the EVA plant for a maintenance turnaround.

Caustic soda demand is sluggish in India and this has skewed the market dynamics, favouring a fall in prices for the chemical in India.

Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber in Jiangsu, China restarted its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) unit on June 19,2018.

Acrylonitrile prices were found unchanged in Asian Market as well as in US Gulf and Europe chemical market on June 20, 2018.

On Wednesday, PET prices fell in NE Asia from $1380/MT to $1370/MT (FOB), in SE Asia from $1430/MT to $1410/MT

On Wednesday, Methanol price went down in Rotterdam from Euro 389.50/MT(FOB) to  Euro 383/MT(FOB), SE Asia from $426/tonne(CFR) to $424/tonne(CFR),

On Wednesday, Crude prices rose in US Gulf from $65.07/bbl to $66.22/bbl (WTI), in UAE from $72.18/bbl to $72.91/bbl

On Wednesday, Polypropylene (Random Copolymer) remained steady in South Korea at $1500/mt CIF, in Singapore at $1430/mt CIF,

Monoethylene glycol prices went down in South East Asia from $970/MT to $935/MT (CFR), in China from $925/MT

On June 20, 2018, Polypropylene (Block Copolymer) prices went down in Pakistan from $1370 to 1365/mt CFR.Prices in Thailand

In South East Asia, prices were assessed steady at USD 490/MT CFR levels. In North East Asia too prices were flat 

On Wednesday, Phenol prices went down in SE Asia from $1340/MT to $1315/MT(CFR) in China from $1275/MT to $1260/MT(CFR)

On Wednesday, Acetone prices went down in SE Asia from $770/MT to $760/MT(CFR) in China from $675/ton to $660/ton(CFR)

China's Jilin Petrochemical Company has recently resumed its production facility of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in   

MDC prices inched up in the Indian chemical market as a result of which soft buying activity was observed in the market, according to traders.

Jilin Petrochemicals in Jilin China, restarted its ACN(Acrylonitrile) plant on June 16, 2018. The plant was shut for maintenance on May 8,2018. 

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals is expected to restart its 1.7 million mt/year No. 2 methanol plant at Labuan around midday

The Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) trading atmosphere in major polymer hubs in India has been active, pushing

This week the demand for Cyclohexanone in Indian markets has been moderate. A trader told the website, "Moderate demand persists for aromatics coupled with sluggish demand for its end product ".

Ethyl Acetate (EA)  prices have risen sharply on the back of higher feedstock costs and tighter supply, according to an assessment by

Fujian Refining and Petrochemical (FREP) located in Fujian, China, has restarted its Polypropylene plant. According to the information 

Huajin Chemicals in  Liaoning province of China is planning to restart its Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plant on

On Tuesday, Methanol price went down in Rotterdam from Euro 394/MT(FOB) to  Euro 389.50/MT(FOB) and prices were assessed flat