Daily Chemical Reaction
Asia Chemical Price Strength At Odds With Costs, Corporate News & Other Relevant Items
Key Points:
- Commodity chemical price strength in Asia, keeps export markets open but hides rising relative US cracker feedstocks – we discuss shifts in Singapore Naphtha vs USGC ethane and conclude instability in Asia pricing.
- We provide our takeaways from following multiple corporate releases (SQM, Petronas and Koppers) and news items (Dow).
- Other items of note range from energy commentary, to US industrial gas demand leveling off, to the market share of polymers serving the auto market.
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