Americas top stories: weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
18-Feb-2019
HOUSTON (ICIS)–Here are the top stories from ICIS News from the week ended 15 February.
US February OX
contracts increase for first time since
November
US February orthoxylene (OX) contracts
increased 3 cents/lb ($66/tonne)
from January, sources confirmed on Monday,
amid higher US spot mixed xylenes (MX) prices
pressured up by tightening supply during
refinery maintenance season.
US Huntsman to
build MDI splitter in Geismar,
Louisiana
US-based Huntsman plans to build a methylene
diphenyl diisocycanate (MDI) splitter at its
complex in Geismar, Louisiana, the company’s
CEO said on Tuesday.
Sasol starts up
US Louisiana LLDPE unit, achieves beneficial
ops
Sasol has achieved beneficial operations of the
US linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit
at its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in
Louisiana, the company said on Wednesday.
US Trinseo sees
January demand recovery but uncertainty
looms
Business for Trinseo showed signs of recovering
in January, but the outlook for the rest of
2019 is still unclear, the CEO of the US-based
styrenics producer said on Thursday.
Shintech
commissioning 500,000 tonne/year US ethylene
plant
Shintech’s 500,000 tonne/year US ethane cracker
in Plaquemine, Louisiana is in commissioning as
engineers fine-tune operations and make final
alterations, the company’s parent said in an
email received Friday.
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