Americas top stories: weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
19-Aug-2019
HOUSTON (ICIS)–Here are the top stories from ICIS News from the week ended 16 August.
US July styrene
contracts rise on higher upstream
costs
US July styrene contracts rose by 1.5 cents/lb
($33/tonne), as higher upstream costs for
feedstock benzene in June outweighed soft
derivative demand.
US delays several
proposed Chinese tariffs on plastics, chems to
Dec
The US will delay the implementation of several
proposed tariffs on plastic and chemical
exports from China to 15 December.
US chems pummeled
as Dow Jones falls 3.05%
US-listed chemical stocks fell sharply on
Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average
declined by 3.05%.
US EPIC to build
ethane, ethylene pipelines to support
Exxon-SABIC JV cracker project in
Texas
EPIC Y-Grade Holdings will build more than 130
miles of 12” ethane and ethylene pipeline to
support the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV)
steam cracker project near Corpus Christi,
Texas, the US midstream energy company said on
Thursday.
Sasol share price
slumps as results release pushed back on Lake
Charles cracker review
Sasol shares fell on Friday after the South
Africa-based company announced delays to the
release of its fiscal 2019 results as it
continues to scrutinise issues at its flagship
US cracker project.
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