European styrene prices surged to a five-week high on Friday, pulled higher by a strong Asian market, according to S&P Global Platts data. SEE MORE Oil rose on Monday, bolstered by confidence that top exporters will this week agree to extend supply curbs, with suggestions that the cuts could even be deepened. SEE MORE Saudi Arabia and Russia are at odds on pretty much everything: the war in Syria, policies on Iran, ties with Washington. But when it comes to propping up global oil prices, they’ve never been more aligned. SEE MORE The argument I’ve been making for a couple of years now is that the history of petrochemicals in China suggests a constant drive towards much greater self-sufficiency. No value chain is immune, I have kept contending. SEE MORE The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) from April 2017 onwards reports statistics and forecasts of supply and demand for natural rubber covering the entire world. SEE MORE