http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Intermediates News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:28:26 -0700 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:28:26 -0700 http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27894 Paraxylene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 The average Asian paraxylene January spot price was up $130.76/mt, or 9%, from December's average, while the PX-naphtha average spread value also surged $77.78/mt or 14.1% over the same period, Platts... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27824 Paraxylene Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Textiles are the main downstream application of paraxylene.SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Some paraxylene (PX) January contracts in China were heard settled against ICIS average spot quotes of $1,584/tonne (1,204... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27491 Benzene Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Benzene supply will be limited in the 1Q of 2011 with a bulk of scheduled maintenance and production issues at the aromatics plants in Asia. The market situation is a short-term reversal of... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27893 Ethylene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Ethylene and propylene prices have been on a bullish note for the last two months across the globe, posting large gains particularly in January. There are a number of reasons behind the ongoing upward... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27846 Ethylene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 An increase of ethylene margins was registered last week in the USA. The rise is estimated at 8 percent. The margins currently stand at around 40.05 cents per lb (USD 883 per tonne, EUR 67... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27481 Ethylene Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Mitsubishi Chemical Corp said on Monday it may skip this year's planned maintenance on its Kashima No.2 naphtha cracker, which has a capacity of 453,000 tonnes of ethylene per year, if authorities app... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27480 Ethylene Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 US ethylene margins rose by 5% in the third week of January after a drop in ethane prices outweighed a small reduction in ethylene spot prices, the ICIS margin report showed on Monday. Ethy... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27899 Naphtha Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Asia is expected to receive 110,000-150,000 tonnes of arbitrage naphtha from Europe in March, down from 420,000 tonnes slated to arrive in February, traders said on Thursday. European refi... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27842 Naphtha Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Asia`s naphtha price fell from a near six-month high on Tuesday to a two-session low but physical timespreads stayed near a nine-month high as supply tightness persisted. Kuwait Petroleum ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27835 Naphtha Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Itochu Petroleum has submitted the highest bid to import 170,000 barrels of heavy naphtha from state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation for February 27-29, 2012 lifting, a senior BPC official said T... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27596 Naphtha Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Japan's Tosoh Corp, an integrated chemical producer, said on Wednesday it did not know how long it would continue curbing production at its sole 527,000 tonnes per year (tpy) naphtha cracker due to sl... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27481 Naphtha Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Mitsubishi Chemical Corp said on Monday it may skip this year's planned maintenance on its Kashima No.2 naphtha cracker, which has a capacity of 453,000 tonnes of ethylene per year, if authorities app... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27901 Crude Oil Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 China's first transnational crude oil pipeline, the China-Kazakhstan Pipeline, allowed China to import 10.93 million tonnes of crude oil last year, authorities in west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomou... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27900 Crude Oil Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 Price of Kuwaiti crude oil decreased to USD 109.58 per barrel (pb) on Wednesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Thursday. Crude prices are mainly within the USD 110 pb range, ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=27843 Crude Oil Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 -0700 South Koreas imports of crude oil dropped 5.2 percent to 79.9 million barrels in January from 84.3 million barrels a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. The coun...