MOSCOW (MRC) -- SIBUR-Khimprom has
reduced its general price range of expandable polystyrene (EPS) for November
shipments to Russian customers by Rb2,000/tonne, according to ICIS-MRC Price
report.
Thus, prices of material were at Rb103,000-108,000/tonne CPT
Moscow, including VAT, for the Russian market this month.
Meantime, the
Russian producer reduced its October EPS prices by Rb1,500/tonne to
Rb105,500-110,000/tonne CPT Moscow, including VAT.
At the same time,
demand for material was moderate in the EPS domestic market in
November.
SIBUR-Khimprom (part of SIBUR Holding) specializes in the
processing of liquid hydrocarbons and is one of the leading Russian producers of
a number of the most important petrochemical products. The company has three
main production capacities: production of butyl alcohols and 2-ethylhexanol with
a capacity of 160,000 tonnes per year, production of ethylbenzene (220,000
tonnes per year), styrene monomer (SM) production (135,000 tonnes per
year) and polystyrene (PS) production (100,000 tonnes per year), ethylene and
propylene unit, production of eco-friendly plasticizer DOTF (100,000 tonnes per
year). |