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In the past few months, the wood industry has experienced an average growth of 10%. Iron and steel increased by 30% while plastic prices also increased rapidly by 30-50%.
It can be seen that the world price hike super cyclone is affecting Vietnam. Specifically, from the end of last year up to now, the price of iron and steel ha...
China's factories, power plants and farms are under enormous pressure from the rising cost of raw materials, while the Chinese people's pockets have not been affected too much.
Prices for polypropylene, polystyrene and PVC have all increased since September 1 due to high demand and some supply constraints.
SINGAPORE: ExxonMobil said on Tuesday (Mar 2) it will cut about 7 per cent of its workforce in Singapore, as "unprecedented market conditions" due to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate ongoing reorganisation.
Chinese PP offers have shown up recently in Vietnam, Turkey and Europe, players reported. This is the consequence of Chinese producers’ willingness to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities emanating from sharper increases in these markets, although they are not necessarily at aggressive levels.
When Berry Global Group Inc. changed its name in 2017, the move was designed to better represent how the company has grown since the 1980s from a single facility in Indiana.
The polyolefin upturn in China and Southeast Asia has stretched into the fourth week after the Lunar New Year holidays. Although persisting supply limitations support import prices at high levels, the pace of gains has slackened this week amid mixed buying sentiment.
Converters in both China and Southeast Asia were reluctant to...
Polymer markets shoot up in a tumultuous climate, where the global shipping crisis has contributed to the soaring prices in major regions. Global supply chains, both upstream and downstream in the plastic resin industry, were disrupted amid production snarls, a shortage of containers and changing demand patterns triggered by the...
European producers sought hikes in March deals well beyond the monthly monomer upsurge on the back of a combination of intensifying tightness and robust demand. March marked the fifth straight month of hikes, while the pace of gains accelerated. All in all, PP and LDPE markets hit all-time highs.