DuPont and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, have signed a global agreement to collaborate on the development, registration and commercialization of seed-applied technologies for use in key crops around the world. SEE MORE December contract price negotiations are still on-going in the European polystyrene (PS) market, although only a few have been left to be finalised as the Christmas break is only a week away, sources said late on Friday. SEE MORE Indicative prices for January-shipment liquid epoxy resins (LER) in Asia were higher at around $3,000/tonne, with most producers sold out of December-shipment cargoes, industry sources said on Tuesday. SEE MORE China’s soda ash market may remain in a correction phase into early 2018 as domestic supply outstripped demand for the first time since June. SEE MORE European benzene spot prices firmed further this week amid upward pressure from the crude oil market and tight supply for prompt or early January material, players said on Friday. SEE MORE