With $8M raised and a trade finance facility from Erebor Bank, Matium is establishing the transaction layer for materials.
Resin prices fall to pre-conflict levels as oversupply returns. Inside: 50% tariffs on Canadian plastics, the AI-driven M&A wave, and Matium's pricing index.
Refinery runs fell with imports. The balance is now sitting on its trigger, and one route assumption decides which side of it you are on
Resin prices soften as oversupply returns. Inside: the $12.5B Olin-Huntsman merger, California's SB 54 lawsuit, and food-grade recycling breakthroughs.
Aramco's August OSP changes the term-vs-spot hurdle. It does not answer the parcel question.
Korea's naphtha rule is still active. The buyer question is whether current resin offers, inventory marks, and LC terms still carry March-May stress.
Asia's spot monomer premium collapsed without a peace deal. The P&L damage reports in Q3.
Plastics markets soften into June as PP pricing reverses, PE and PET hold on tight supply, and financial strain builds at the converter level.
Asia's naphtha pullback looks like relief. For naphtha-fed crackers, it is still a test of whether the full run plan clears.
Asian oversupply is not allocation security
Freight has already moved. Deliverability is now the harder question.
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