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Methanex confirmed dropping its US non-discounted reference price 3 cts/gal to $1.82/gal and also lowering its Western Canadian Distributor Price (WCDP) CAN $5/mt to $785/mt effective July 1st. The company also lowered its Asia Pacific contract price $30/mt to $450/mt and dropped its China contract price $20/mt to $410/mt effective July 1st.

MEGlobal will carry forward its US MEG benchmark of 43 cts/lb and lower its US DEG benchmark 4 cts/lb to 53 cts/lb effective July 1st.

MEGlobal confirms it will raise its MEG Asian Contract Price (ACP) $20/mt to $910/mt effective July 1st.

Calumet will increase offers for most of its aliphatic portfolio, including regular mineral spirits, 6 cts/lb on June 22nd. It will also increase its hexane and heptane prices 10 cts/lb and 12 cts/lb respectively that same date.

Delek adjusted its regular mineral spirits price to $4.90/gal FOB Big Spring, TX for the week of June 11th.

The Plaza Group announced it will increase its toluene and MX prices 7 cts/lb effective June 13th.

Citgo announced that on June 18th it will move its toluene and MX prices up 17 cts/lb and 20 cts/lb respectively, and it will increase its aliphatic offers 12 cts/lb.

ExxonMobil notified customers that on June 16th it will make the following increases:
Regular mineral spirits and OMS: + 6 cts/lb
Hexane: +8 cts/lb
Heptane: +12 cts/lb
ARO 100: +15 cts/lb
ARO 150: +18 cts/lb
MEK: +15 cts/lb

Total will increase its ARO 100 and ARO 150 prices 12 cts/lb and 7 cts/lb effective June 15th.

PBF Energy will increase its toluene price 17 cts/lb and its MX offers 20 cts/lb effective June 15th.

Tauber announced an additional 7 cts/lb toluene and MX increase effective June 10th. This follows its 12 cts/lb increase that it implemented on June 6th.

It also notified customers that, due to the volatility in markets, it may temporarily require truck and railcar customers to call in for the most current pricing.

The Plaza Group announced it will increase its toluene and MX prices 12 cts/lb effective June 8th.

Tauber announced it will increase its toluene and MX prices 12 cts/lb effective June 6th. It cited spot barge prices surging into the mid $6/gal FOB USG range this week as the primary factory behind the notable increase.

There are unconfirmed reports the 1.7 mln mt/yr KOCH Methanol plant in Louisiana went down unexpectedly. Spot barges FOB USG are bid today at $1.10/gal and offered at $1.15/gal.