Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has planned to shut its Panipat refinery for maintenance turnaournd on April 22, 2016.

China based Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical (JBP) has delayed the start-up of its new ethylene vinyl acetate/low density polyethylene unit.

We carry here a round-up of Indian market prices for commodity and engineering polymers across the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad. Ludhiana, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kanpur. These are latest ruling prices 

On April 6, 2016, PP (Film) price in Far East Asia was noted to up by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, PS price in South East Asia was reported downward by $10-20 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, LLDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported upward by $5 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, LDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported to go up by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, HDPE price in Far East Asia and South East Asia was reported to be up by $10-45 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, Brent Crude Oil was assessed higher by $1.97 and settled at $39.84 per barrel.

The International Crude Oil price of Indian Basket as assessed by (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was dollar 35.73 per barrel.

On April 6, 2016, Price of Butadiene (BD) in South Korea was declined by USD 50.

Naphtha price for Japan on April 6, 2016, shows positive movement by moving up USD 2.5.

On April 6, 2016, Styrene price in South Korea was noted to down by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 6, 2016, Propylene price in South Korea declined by $5 per metric tonne.

The Indian rupee opened lower on Today. It was trading at 66.72 per USD against previous closing of 66.65.

We carry here a round-up of Indian market prices for commodity and engineering polymers across the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad. Ludhiana, Jaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kanpur. These are latest ruling prices 

Platts has revised its PE and PP price with effect from April 6, 2016. The new price assessment is higher at USD 10-15 per metric tonne on a CFR basis.

The US-based Flint Hills has resumed production in its cracker in early April 2016. According to industry based source, the cracker was offline 

Japan based Idemitsu Kosan Global has started maintenance work at its Chiba unit on March 24, 2016. 

Thailand based PTT Global Chemical has resumed its LLDPE Unit on April 5, 2016.

Acrylonitrile (ACN) price for FEA on April 5, 2016, shows upward movement by moving up USD 5 per metric tonne.

On April 5, 2016, Benzene price in Rotterdam was noted to go down by $10 per metric tonne.

On April 5, 2016, Crude oil price in Middle East was assessed lower at $ 34.50 per barrel.

Naphtha price for Japan on April 5, 2016, shows downward movement by moving down USD 6 per metric tonne.

On April 5 2016, Propylene price in South Korea was reported to go down by $10 per metric tonne on account of slow demand.