Polyolefin and PVC prices have been under continued downward pressure over the last two months because of lower feedstock costs, ongoing demand weakness and a growing supply surplus. In April, ...

This all according to plastics pricing service ChemOrbis (Istanbul, Turkey). According to the company, PVC prices in Asia have continued to move higher for May despite that slack demand out of China.

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One thing leads to the other. Rising interest rates pummel housing. Lumber prices fall, some 60% this year. And, notes energy research firm and investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt, PVC—the plastic ...

After a cyclical peak in the third quarter of last year, prices for PVC resins eased a bit in the fourth quarter. This decline was foretold last August, when the rate-of-change curves for PVC supply ...

The price gap between polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and its raw material has reached its highest level this year. The price of ethylene dichloride (EDC), the main feedstock, has plummeted, resulting in the ...

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This week, PVC prices quoted stable in the Asian region. An industry source in Asia, informed a Polymerupdate team member, “The PVC market in Asia remained quiet, weighed down by abundant supply and ...

PVC price movement is critical for plastic pipe makers, as dealer destocking and restocking cycles hinge on this. (Image: Pixabay) Listed plastic pipe makers are in a difficult spot. The much-awaited ...

HOUSTON — U.S. prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the plastic most widely used in construction, are set to rise by five cents per pound in the first two months of 2014. This is a significant price ...

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic looms large over the entire plastics manufacturing chain, with high resin inventories, dropping demand, and record-low global prices of materials and feedstocks.