Americas top stories – weekly summary
26-Aug-2013
HOUSTON (ICIS)–Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Americas for the week ended 23 August 2013.
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US ethylene margins move up on
increasing spot prices
US ethylene
margins moved up 2.9% week on week for the week ended 16
August, the ICIS margin report showed on Monday.
US tyre, SBR firms see reduced
capacities thru 4Q:
sources
US tyre and synthetic
rubber producers surveyed are operating at reduced capacities
and expect to continue doing so through the end of the year,
sources said on Wednesday.
US August acrylates prices settle
flat on soft fundamentals
US
acrylic acid and acrylate esters contract
prices settled flat for August as nominal feedstock
pressure kept values from weakening amid soft market
conditions, sources said on Thursday.
US MEK prices at lowest levels in
two years
Spot and contract prices
for US methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) are at their lowest levels
in two years, and appear to be headed for a roll over at the
end of August, and sources said on Friday that the US market
was flat because of demand.
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