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May 19 (Reuters) - Specialty plastics-maker Victrex Plc said its first-half pretax profit jumped 10 percent, as a strong show at its polymer solutions business offset lower sales to oil and gas customers.

MELBOURNE, May 19 (Reuters) - Mongolia sparked hopes on Tuesday that financing will start to flow for a string of stalled mining projects after it ended a long-running dispute with Rio Tinto over the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.

Platts editors analyze the cause of falling benzene prices and the factors that could potentially lend it some support.

The US dollar has fallen sharply over the past few months following an impressive push upward for nearly a year.

(Tue, 19 May 2015) On May 18, EIA launched a beta version of a redesigned International Energy Portal designed to help users access international energy data and to provide new and expanded tools and capabilities to examine trends in global energy markets.

TEXAS CITY, Texas, May 18 (Reuters) - Hourly workers at Marathon Petroleum Corp's Galveston Bay, Texas, refinery voted on Monday to continue a strike, rejecting a contract proposal developed by a federal mediator aimed at ending a stoppage that has lasted three-and-a-half months.

SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - A proposed Australian Senate inquiry into the economic impact of a slump in the price of iron ore could damage the country's economy and drive Asian customers to shift investment to Brazil, BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

* Asian economies failed to fully benefit from cheap oil - HSBC

SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - A proposed Australian Senate inquiry into the economic impact of a slump in the price of iron ore could damage the country's economy and drive Asian customers to shift investment to Brazil, BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

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