China: Auction sales result for Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE

29 Jun 2020 Transactions are thin on the first trading day of the week, however, the outlook remains bullish due to the lack of availability, according to market participants here.

29 Jun 2020

China Morning Snapshot – 29 June 2020

Regardless of the heavy flood in the Southern area, players continue to hold a bullish expectation for the near-term outlook due to the lack of inventories pressure.

25 Jun 2020

Saudi producer closed deals for July PE shipment to Vietnam without any discount

Other suppliers offering near-by cargoes are attempting to hold a firm stance on both HDPE and LLDPE film cargoes around $880-900/ton CIF Vietnam.

25 Jun 2020 PPH Raf

Import homo-PP to Southeast Asia climbs higher on supply tightness, but demand struggles to keep up

The market is hinged between supply tightness and increasing resistance from buyers. Both sides of the market are currently on the wait and see position hoping the other side would give in.

25 Jun 2020

Holiday Notice

24 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s Chandra Asri shut LLDPE line, canceled shipment to Chinese buyers

It is reported that PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical has been facing difficulties in restarting one of its LLDPE lines following an unexpected shutdown last week.

24 Jun 2020

Import PE to China extended the firming trend on supply tightness

At the moment, import LDPE film is returning to the pre-pandemic levels, maintaining a gap of more than $100/ton over LLDPE film.

24 Jun 2020