28Aug
Polyester market drivers in the week of 24 August
Polyester fibre prices continued to surge on the back of rising purified terephthalic acid and also mono ethylene glycol cost in the week ended 24 August. However, trade [...]
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21Jun
PTA makers enjoying healthy margins, but will they continue?
PTA (purified terephthalic acid) producers across Asia, Europe and US have been mostly enjoying healthy margins, on the back of steady growth in demand from polyester markets [...]
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15May
Polyester fibres and yarns were dearer on cost support
During the second week of May, all major manmade fibre prices rose or remained firm on cost support and are likely derive the same for some more time. However, market [...]
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16Apr
Polyester manufacturing gets costlier as raw material prices rise
Polyester manufacturing got costlier in the week ending 13 April as PTA and MEG, the key raw materials prices surged. They are used in manufacture of chip, fibre and [...]
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15Mar
Polyester prices in Asia likely to moderate in March on weak upstream
Polyester prices in Asia are likely to moderate in March 2018, says the Global Polyester Price Forecast report of Textile Beacon. The forecast assumes crude oil prices to move [...]
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13Mar
Polyester prices and markets in early March
Polyester prices were mostly driven either sides by raw material cost and energy complex in the first full week of March 2018. Some intermediates cost which had risen [...]
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09Jan
Global polyester markets in the first week of 2018
Polyester markets are guided by feedstock ethylene and paraxylene which are converted into MEG and PTA to produce polyester staple fibre (PSF) and polyester filament yarn [...]
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