Toluene and xylene barge markets have taken an interesting path in March 2025. Market expectations were for a big uplift to both T&X prices in March with the industry seeing a $0.2200 per gallon contango market for gasoline.
The acetone settlement for October was unanimously settled at $0.545 per pound. This is a decrease of $0.02 per pound from September’s settlement.
The Plaza Group has announced the appointment of Michael Jennings, Chief Executive Officer of HF Sinclair Corporation, as its newest independent board member.
The Plaza Group, a leading international petrochemical marketing firm, has announced the hiring of Perla Zarate and Hayden Hefty.
The existing board of The Plaza Group appointed Bradley Preber as its newest board member, and a representative of the Audit Committee. Preber will join Eugene Allspach, Carmine Falcone, Dr. Laura Murillo and Gene Kenyon on the board.
The existing board of The Plaza Group appointed Dr. Laura Murillo as a new board member; she will serve as Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee. The new member will join Eugene Allspach, Carmine Falcone and Gene Kenyon on the board.
TPG Grupo Plaza completed a full year of operations in June of 2022 and…
Global and North American lignosulfonate supply will continue to remain tight for the next 2-4 years. In 2019 250,000 metric tons of global lignosulfonate capacity shut down. In 2021 80,000 tons of North American lignosulfonate capacity shut down.
The Plaza Group has announced the hiring of Paco Rangel as Commercial Director for benzene and styrene.
