Price Trends

The p-xylene (PX) market performed not bad in H1, 2017. At the beginning of 2017, the PX market price reached $900/mt CFR China.

The total export volume of titanium dioxide reached 72.8kt in May 2017, up 12.21% month on month and up 2.16% year on year.

• Titanium
• Dioxide

The maleic anhydride market went up strongly while the prices of benzene and n-butane moved downwards. How long will the increases in maleic anhydride go?

• Maleic
• Anhydride
• Benzene

The acrylate marketis complicated and confusing in June 2017. Good and bad news both areinfluencing the market.

According to Mailonline, natural sugars in the agave plant used to make tequila are linked to weight loss.

First, the supply in the Chinese acetone market declined as the units inSinopec Beijing Yanshan Company

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today marked the opening of a 45 million euros (US$49 million) paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia

Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), the premier apparel body, in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Powder Coatings Market Report, published by Allied Market Research, forecasts that the global market is expected to garner $12,332 billion by 2022

The overall Chinese PVC market was flat this week. In H2 May, the futures market went down and the dealing prices of PVC in the spot market slid. Most PVC producers hold stable ex-works prices.

The Chinese rutile titanium dioxide market went down this week. The downstream demand was getting weak and some rutile titanium dioxide producers ...

The export volume of dye jumped in March, but fell to a low level in April. The weakness in the dye market appeared in the traditional peak season.

The sudden shutdown and maintenance of methyl methacrylate (MMA) are boosting the market. On May 10, the unit of Lucite was shut. Evonik’s unit in Germany will undergo maintenance in June and the unit in the U.S. will have a three-week maintenance in Jun

This week, the Chinese acetic ether market inched up. Up to May 18, the closing prices in East China were in the range of RMB 4,650-4,750/mt.