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Imported aromatics market remained sluggish amid oversupply

On December 26th (Tuesday), the imported mixed aromatics in East and South China were transacted at CNY5,650/mt and CNY5,680/mt respectively.

12-27-2017 09:54:47

China coal market remained robust on improved downstream demand

The coastal coal market gradually picked up in winter as the daily coal consumption of power plants recovered to a high level and downstream demand increased, which led to the growing supply and demand of coal at ports around Bohai.

12-20-2017 17:18:38

Singapore HSFO market remained stable on Dec 11th

Market source said on December 11th that Singapore high sulfur fuel oil market remained stable.

12-12-2017 17:26:14

Blended oil prices mainly remained stable without effective guide

On December 12th, blended gasoline and diesel prices sustained stable with a small adjustment in some regions, as the major and independent refineries mainly held the prices stable and the blended oil traders offered cautiously despite the sustained increase of international crude oil market.

12-12-2017 16:35:18

MTBE profit remained low amid higher feedstock price

China domestic MTBE price rose slightly by CNY50/mt during the week ended November 24th. However, feedstock C4 Raffinate-2 price kept rising, leading to high cost of MTBE production.

11-27-2017 17:25:06

Singapore high-sulfur fuel oil market remained stable on Nov 20th

A source said on November 20th that Singapore high-sulfur fuel oil market remained stable.

11-21-2017 15:55:05

Singapore high sulfur fuel oil market remained stable

Market source said on November 14th that Singapore high sulfur fuel oil market was still stable.

11-16-2017 16:51:17

Producing MTBE margin remained low due to continued feedstock price growth

In the week ended September 29th, producing MTBE margin kept low, as C4 Raffinate-2 and other feedstock prices rose, leading to growing cost, while the MTBE market price hike was small.

10-09-2017 17:17:21

C5 plant run rate remained stable at 27%

According to JLC’s monitoring on 12 major state-owned refineries, their C5 plant run rate remained stable at 27% in the week ended September 22nd.

09-27-2017 17:55:36

Coke market remained robust amid supply shortage

As of September 15th, China coke market price saw a total rise of CNY560/mt and the prevailing price of grade II coke was CNY2,260-2,320/mt, up CNY380/mt or 20.21% MoM, and gained by CNY920/mt or 68.66% YoY. Market insiders held bullish sentiment amid the high run rate of blast furnaces

09-21-2017 14:50:29

Solvent oil market remained stable amid ethanol gasoline spreading

As environmental protection catches more and more people's eyes, traditional energy becomes a key object. On September 13th, NDRC, NEA and MOF jointly printed and issued Implementing Scheme of Producing Biofuel Ethanol and Promoting Auto Ethanol Gasoline (Scheme).

09-20-2017 17:50:29

Coal market remained sluggish with the temperature cooling down

In July, traders restocked positively driven up by bullish expectations. In August, traders had great intentions to sell with the end of peak season. In addition, downstream users were reluctant to purchase, leading to coal price decline. As of August 3oth,

08-30-2017 17:44:11

Alkylation unit run rate remained medium and profit rose

The above chart told us that alkylation profits were lucrative in July and August. According to JLC, the gross profit of alkylation unit was CNY639.82/mt up to August 25th, up CNY250.1/mt or 64.17% from the beginning of August. Then what contributed to the high profit of alkylation unit?

08-28-2017 14:54:18

Refined oil retail prices may not be adjusted and gas stations’ profit remained downwards

In this pricing round, the freezing production agreement among oil producers continued to affect the international crude oil market, which drove the crude futures up for four times last week

09-29-2016 15:26:35

MTBE remained upward amid crude oil market soaring

On August 9th, domestic MTBE remained upward and the trading atmosphere was acceptable. Currently, the mainstream purchase price of high purity low-sulfur MTBE in Shandong is CNY4,750/mt, while the price is between CNY4,300-4,400/mt in Northeast.

08-12-2016 10:00:55

MTBE run rate dropped, profits remained low

Domestic MTBE prices slightly rallied since July, trading atmosphere improved. At present Shandong MTBE transaction prices up by CNY150/mt from CNY4,450/mt in early July to CNY4,600/mt.

07-25-2016 15:50:21

Operating rate remained low in Southern China

As JYD concerned, Zhuhai Huafeng 1million mt/yr CUDs restarted on 3rd July, output has been made on 6th July but hasn’t been priced. According to sources, the device mainly produced based on Merey crude oil with capacity of 100,000mt.

07-07-2016 10:02:58

Domestic biodiesel remained bleak amid bullish crude

In March, domestic biodiesel market remained bleak amid bullish crude. Blending traders preferred to low-cost catalyzed or nonstandard diesel, which weighed on weak biodiesel market.

03-10-2016 15:56:17

MTBE remained bearish during Silver Ten

A half of October has past, China MTBE market showed moderate transaction sentiment with up-and-down price trend.

10-19-2015 11:04:03

Bunker market remained in darkness

Declined crude price, slowing down China economy and environmental policies put a cap on domestic bunker market.

07-10-2015 16:47:41

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