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Asia Chemical Price Strength At Odds With Costs, Corporate News & Other Relevant Items
May 20, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Naphtha, Crude Oil, Ethane, Propane, Natural Gas, Ethylene, Propylene, Lithium, Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Rubber(EPDM), Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), Mixed Xylenes
Companies Mentioned:
Dow, Nova Chemical, SQM, Albemarle, Livent, Koppers, Petronas Chemical Group

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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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