Platts includes MMA coverage, adds daily methanol and acrylates assessments in Solventswire

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, made several changes to its Solventswire publication, starting from Feb. 3.

As part of the change, Platts added daily methanol and acrylates price assessments to the publication in order to give subscribers a greater granularity of the price movements throughout the week.

Platts also included its methyl methacrylate coverage (spot price assessments, market commentaries/rationales) in the Solventswire, to complement the related acrylic monomers and the feedstock methanol and acetone content already published in this PDF report.

Platts moved the publishing day of its weekly MMA commentaries/rationales for Europe, US and Asia from Wednesday to Tuesday. This content will be republished in Polymerscan on Wednesdays, with updates as needed.

There was no change in the underlying methodology or frequency of the spot price assessments or weekly/monthly averages.

The specific changes are:

Europe MMA & PMMA

The Tuesday instance of the daily MMA price assessments is published in Solventswire and is accompanied by the Europe MMA market commentary.

The weekly MMA commentary has moved from Wednesday to Tuesday and is republished in Wednesday's Polymerscan.

The Wednesday instance of the daily MMA price assessments is published in Polymerscan.

The weekly Europe PMMA market commentary and price assessments continue to be published each Wednesday and appear in Polymerscan with no changes.

Asia MMA & PMMA

The Tuesday instance of the daily MMA price assessments is published in Solventswire and is accompanied by the Asia MMA/PMMA market commentary and the Tuesday MMA rationale.

The weekly MMA/PMMA commentary has moved from Wednesday to Tuesday and is republished in Wednesday's Polymerscan.

The Wednesday's instance of MMA rationale continues to be published in Polymerscan.

The Wednesday PMMA rationale will continue to be published in Polymerscan.

The Asia daily PMMA price assessments continue to appear in Polymerscan with no changes.

US MMA & PMMA

The Tuesday instance of the daily MMA price assessment is published in Solventswire and is accompanied by the US MMA/PMMA market commentary.

The weekly MMA/PMMA commentary has moved from Wednesday to Tuesday and is republished in Wednesday Polymerscan, with necessary updates to the integrated rationale.

The US weekly PMMA price assessment will continue to be published each Wednesday and will appear in Polymerscan with no changes.

Weekly MMA & PMMA averages:

Weekly MMA and PMMA average calculations remained unchanged across the regions and continue to be published on Wednesday and appear in Polymerscan.

Additional symbols that are included in Solventswire:

In case of a holiday in any of the publication regions, Platts will inform subscribers of the changes to the publication via the Platts Publication schedule and/or through a subscriber note.

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