Asia top stories – weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
15-Jan-2018
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 12 January 2018.
China
VAM market to extend gains on high cost, tight
supply
Domestic vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) prices in
China are expected to increase further amid
tight availability of spot material and costly
feedstock.
Asia
LER prices may soften in the near term on China
domestic prices
Asia liquid epoxy resins (LER) spot prices may
soften in the near term in tandem with lower
China domestic LER prices.
China
PE, PP may firm as spot supply tightens amid
heavy snowfall
Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) prices
in China may increase further as available spot
supply thins due to transportation problems
posed by heavy snowfall in most parts of the
country.
Asia
PS sellers maintain firm offers on SM
gains
Some producers of polystyrene (PS) have
maintained their firm offers this week amid
gains in feedstock styrene monomer (SM) market.
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