acrylic acid

Feb 16th, 2010

Ethyl Acetate (ETAC): 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON – Global Ethyl Acetate (ETAC) demand is expected to grow at 3-4%/year due to the demand for surface coatings, moreover, ETAC is to replace the restricted solvents. Global demand for industrial coatings is estimated to grow at around 3% a year from 2010 to 2015 with China, Japan, and South Korea leading the way....

Jul 8th, 2009

Asian Propylene Rangebound Although Oil Prices Continue to Fall

Asia’s propylene FOB Korea price benchmark held steady for a third day at $982.50/mt Wednesday even as crude oil prices continued to fall for a fifth consecutive day. The most competitive propylene offer was $1,000/mt FOB Korea for a 1,500 mt cargo to be loaded in August. Buying interest was at $970/mt FOB Korea The protracted downturn...

Jun 10th, 2009

Korean Joint Venture Sets Production of MMA and MAA Underway

Mitsubishi Rayon recently announced that Daesan MMA Corp., a member of the Mitsubishi Rayon Group, commenced commercial production of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and methacrylic acid (MAA) monomer in May. Daesan MMA Corp. is a 50:50 joint venture established in South Korea in August 2006 with Honam Petrochemical Corporation for the purpose of meeting the...

Mar 19th, 2009

Glacial Acrylic Acid Demand Will be Increasing at 2%/Year Mainly due to the SAPs Market Growth

LONDON-Since late last year, Acrylic acid market has been facing tough conditions. Asian glacial acrylic acid and acrylate esters markets witnessed a downtrend, downturn continued in the European market that remained oversupplied. Rapidly decreasing demand from downstream markets was typical for US. The situation is expected to change in the second half of 2009 -...

Feb 5th, 2009

Petrochemicals Market Reports 2009 were Released by Merchant Research & Con-sulting Ltd

LONDON, England Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd. (http://mcgroup.co.uk) completed a series of reports devoted to the Petrochemicals Markets in January 2009. The Reports Package captures the main petrochemical intermediates, which are produced from the primary olefins and aromatics building blocks. They are Acetic Acid, Acetone, Acrylic Acid, Acrylonitrile, Ammonia, Cyclohexane, Ethanol, Ethyl Acetate, Monoethylene Glycol, Ethylene...

Dec 18th, 2008

Lurgi to build 140,000 tpa acrylic acid plant for CNOOC subsidiary in China

Lurgi GmbH, Frankfurt, a company of Air Liquide, France have been awarded a a contract by CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Company, to build a 140,000 tpa of single-train plant for the production of acrylic acid from propylene in Huizhou, Guandong province (China). The plant is scheduled...

Sep 29th, 2008

BASF to increase prices for acrylic monomers

Effective October 1, 2008 BASF will increase its prices for acrylic acid and acrylic esters (glacial acrylic acid; methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate) in Europe/Africa/Middle East by € 50 per metric ton, as far as existing contracts permit. This is the company’s reaction to ongoing inadequate margins. In August and September...