Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Iranian sanctions'

Asian LDPE Margins Reach New Low

                                 LDPE margins in 2012      By John Richardson NORTHEAST Asian integrated low-density polyethylene (LDPE) margins keep plunging new depths. The margins were at their most negative since ICIS records began in 2000, according to the ICIS Asian PE Margin Report for...

Asian C2 Muddle Reflects Wider Uncertainty

By John Richardson ASIAN ethylene markets appear to be in a muddle over the Middle East supply picture. Click here for a graph of the latest pricing - EhylenePrices1March2011.ppt  A shipping industry source we spoke to recently insisted that more...

Iran Remains Optimistic On Exports

                                    Dubai crucial for Iran   By Malini Hariharan The blog recently had an opportunity to talk to a few Iranian companies and was impressed by their sanguine approach to the challenges posed by the new round of sanctions. This too...

Iran Sanctions Lead To Illegal Shipments Claim

Source of picture: http://www.westernesa.com/   By John Richardson AN allegation has been made that traders could be changing bills of lading on cargoes of a certain liquids chemical being shipped out of Iran in an effort to get round tougher...

China, Russia To Boost Iranian Ethylene Trade?

Iran's South Pars gas field Source of picture: www.petropars.com   By John Richardson THE ability of Iran to further exploit its huge natural gas reserves - and in so doing maintain ethylene exports at constant levels throughout the year -...