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	Asian ethylene prices fall on Thursday On 20 Jul 2018 at 09:00 IST Ethylene prices in Asia down adjusted on Thursday. The price fall was triggered by bearish upstream naphtha values, tight product availability and poor buying interest across the Asian region. Weaker downstream PE demand and pricing trends further suppor... Continue Reading...
	Methanol plant brought on-stream by Changqing Energy On 20 Jul 2018 at 08:20 IST Shaanxi Changqing Energy has restarted its methanol plant following an unplanned shutdown. A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the company has resumed operations at the plant on July 19, 2018. The plant was shut on July 10, 2018 owing to technic... Continue Reading...
	Polypropylene (PP) prices fall 5-15$ in Asia On 19 Jul 2018 at 09:00 IST Polypropylene prices slipped in Asia this week. Price fell on account of a number of bearish triggers including bearish upstream crude and naphtha prices coupled with extremely dull demand trends across Asia, CFR Far East Asia prices of PP raffia and PP i... Continue Reading...
	PTTGC to shut LLDPE plant On 19 Jul 2018 at 08:20 IST PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) is in plans to shut its No.1 linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit at Map Ta Phut. A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the company is likely to shut the unit for maintenance on July 19, 2018. The unit is lik... Continue Reading...
	SM prices in Asia witness a fall On 18 Jul 2018 at 10:00 IST SM prices in Asia on Tuesday declined. The price fall was on the back of sluggish buying trends in key markets like China coupled with a decline in feedstock benzene prices. A tumble in upstream crude values on Monday further supported the price fall. ... Continue Reading...
	MEG prices quote higher in Asia On 17 Jul 2018 at 09:00 IST MEG prices inched higher in Asia on Monday. The price rise was prompted by higher upstream ethylene rates and improved regional buying sentiments. MEG prices of were assessed up at the USD 905/mt CFR China levels, a gain of USD 5/mt from last Friday’s as... Continue Reading...
	LDPE unit taken off-stream by Sinopec Maoming On 17 Jul 2018 at 08:20 IST Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical has shut its No. 2 low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit for a brief maintenance. A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the unit was shut for a maintenance turnaround on July 14, 2018. It is likely to resume production... Continue Reading...
	Propylene prices drift lower in Asia On 16 Jul 2018 at 09:00 IST Bearish upstream energy costs, poor buying sentiments coupled with bearish downstream PP demand and pricing trends, together pulled propylene prices lower across the Asian region last week. FOB Korea prices of propylene were assessed at the USD 1030/mt l... Continue Reading...
	Huabei Petrochemical plans to restart PP unit On 16 Jul 2018 at 08:20 IST Huabei Petrochemical is likely to restart a polypropylene (PP) unit in Hebei. A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the company has planned to complete turnaround at the unit in mid-September 2018. The unit was shut for maintenance in early-July 2... Continue Reading...
	Propylene prices witness a fall on Thursday On 13 Jul 2018 at 09:00 IST Propylene prices slipped on Thursday in Asia. The price fall was triggered by a plunge in crude prices on Wednesday coupled with dull buying trends across the Asian region. Weaker downstream PP demand and pricing trends further supported the price drop. F... Continue Reading...