Potassium chloride, KCI, also known as potassium muriate and sylvite, is a colorless crystalline solid with a salty taste that melts at 776°C (1420 OF). It is soluble in water, but insoluble in alcohol. Potassium chloride is used in fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, photography, and as a salt substitute. potassium chloride powder Potassium chloride occurs as odorless, colorless crystals or a whitecrystalline powder, with an unpleasant, saline taste. The crystallattice is a face-cen
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Kumho Petrochemical operates its 290,000 mt/year ABS plant at 50% capacity due to severe resin demand downturn. Asian ABS prices dropped $40/mt week-over-week to $1,520/mt amid lower input costs.
Formosa Petrochemical lifted force majeure on olefins while Indonesia proposed antidumping duties on polypropylene imports. Regional chemical markets including melamine and ABS show mixed trends drive
Elix Polymers has resumed ABS production at its Tarragona facility following fire damage last year, lifting force majeure declarations. Although delivery times remain at eight weeks, the restart stabi
Germany's VDA warns proposed US tariffs on EU vehicles would strain trade relations and impose huge costs, impacting the automotive sector which drives demand for key petrochemicals like PP and ABS. I
Analysts discuss how European antidumping duties on ABS imports from South Korea and Taiwan are reshaping Asian trade flows, amid weak European demand and geopolitical risks affecting upstream styrene
The European Commission imposed definitive antidumping duties on ABS imports from South Korea and Taiwan following a Styrolution complaint. South Korean rates were raised to between 5.2% and 7.5%, imp
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