SOUTH KOREA

Lotte and HD Hyundai present plans for restructuring cracker activities

UPDATE - PETCHEM INDUSTRY ASIA

South Korean government demands country's largest petchem producers restructure operations / Crisis result of overcapacity, outdated manufacturing methods

SAUDI ARAMCO

Plans for Ras Al-Khair complex said ditched / Relocation to China?

S-OIL

Fire at South Korean refinery unit causes outages / Polypropylene production affected

SAUDI ARAMCO

Construction underway on South Korean cracker / Project signals latest step of major investment

SABIC

Strong rebound in Q2 / Good strides for sales, earnings / Improvement expected in 2021

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics January 2019: Domestic prices of polymers decrease or move sideways on weak demand / Some import notations slightly up / C2, C3 and SM head upward / Plants shut down before Chinese New Year holidays in February

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics December 2018: Most standard polymers head downwards / Demand largely subdued / Plants to shut down in January for Chinese Spring Festival

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics November 2018: Prices of most types nosedive / SM notations hit record low for the year / Impacts from global market unease and weak oil prices / Mostly low demand projected for December

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics October 2018: Feedstock costs fall / Stark drop in PET and PS prices / Most domestic notations increase / Weaker yuan dampens import business

POLYMER PRICES

China Standard Thermoplastics September 2018: PE and PVC notations fall / Higher influx of imports / Mid-Autumn Festival in third week / Typhoon in Japan impacts propylene supply

SAUDI ARAMCO

Subsidiary S-Oil conducts feasibility study for cracker complex in South Korea / Investment of more than USD 4 bn

S-OIL

Huge PX line commissioned in South Korea