Spot monoethylene glycol (MEG) prices in China’s domestic market have spiked by about 25% over a period of three months, and may continue their uptrend on the back of strong demand from downstream polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sector. SEE MORE Asian benzene was mostly stable last week, while ethylene was up week on week. SEE MORE Viet Nam’s rubber plantations need to obtain sustainable management certifications in order to raise product value and enter global markets, participants said at a workshop held in HCM City on Monday. SEE MORE European governments are making a big splash, pledging an assault on traditional cars to help clean up polluted air in cities. The latest strike came Wednesday in the U.K., which says it will ban the sale of diesel- and gasoline-powered cars by 2040. SEE MORE U.S. coal exports have jumped more than 60 percent this year due to soaring demand from Europe and Asia, according to a Reuters review of government data, allowing President Donald Trump's administration to claim that efforts to revive the battered industry are working. SEE MORE