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PET bottle chip market swings sharply in March on geopolitical risks

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2026--Middle East tensions, supply constraints, and downstream caution drove wild PET bottle chip price swings in March.

04-14-2026 16:51:06

China propylene glycol market swings on cost-demand dynamics

Shandong (JLC), March 23, 2026—Recently, China’s propylene glycol market has undergone a trend shift driven by cost pressures and weak demand, and with supply expected to increase, the market is antic

03-23-2026 15:50:02

China polyester yarn steady as Mideast tensions lift costs, demand lags

Shandong (JLC), March 11, 2026—The Israel-Iran conflict has transmitted cost-push pressures to China's polyester yarn sector via rising crude oil prices, driving a stable yet strengthening market, tho

03-11-2026 14:07:17

Geopolitical risks lift polyester chip costs, while demand lags

Shandong (JLC), March 5, 2026--Middle East tensions boosted crude oil prices and polyester chip costs, but weak demand weighed on the market.

03-05-2026 11:01:20

PetroChina Jilin brings 1.2 mln mt/yr ethylene plant online

Guangzhou (JLC), September 4, 2025--PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical's 1.2 million mt/yr ethylene plant produced on-specification products on August 31, indicating s successfully startup.

09-04-2025 19:07:34

Yulong Island brings phase-I refining project online

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2024--Yulong Island phase-I 10 mln mt/yr refining project (II series) was put into operation on September 25, an important step for Yantai petrochemical industry structur

09-26-2024 14:34:48

Shenghong’s Jiangsu facility tops world’s acrylonitrile capacity

Guangzhou (JLC), December 8, 2023 – Sierbang Petrochemical, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenghong Petrochemical (“Shenghong”), commissioned its fourth 260,000-mt/yr acrylonitrile unit

12-08-2023 19:00:20

Excessive PTA production capacity drags down imports

Shandong (JLC), September 20, 2023--From January to July 2023, the imports of PTA in China remained scarce, mainly due to the oversupply of domestic PTA production capacity.

09-20-2023 15:05:00

Gulei Petrochemical brings all its chemical units online

Guangzhou (JLC), May 22, 2023 – Fujian Gulei Petrochemical has brought all its chemical units into operation, after the company’s ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) unit achieved on-spec production.

05-22-2023 16:16:34

Yuandong Technology brings online China’s first PDH unit

Shandong (JLC), June 23, 2022--Yuandong Technology in Puyang, Henan put its 150,000 mt/yr PDH unit into operation on June 19, the first PDH unit with independent technology in China.

06-23-2022 16:02:34

Jiujiang Petrochemical brings online aromatics complex

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2022--Sinopec brought online one 890,000 mt/yr aromatics complex at its subsidiary Jiujiang Petrochemical on June 8, and the complex achieved on-specification products, market

06-20-2022 17:40:39

Jiangsu Sierbang Petrochemical brings new PDH unit on stream

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2022--On April 25, Jiangsu Sierbang Petrochemical (previously named Sailboat) successfully commissioned its 700,000 mt/yr propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and produced high

04-27-2022 17:23:50

China TDI price rises before stabilizing alongside fundamentals movements

Shandong (JLC), October 23, 2021--China’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) market prices have been rising, before stabilizing recently, alongside supply-demand fundamentals movements.

10-23-2021 16:02:03

East China styrene price seesaws remarkably alongside benzene movement

Shandong (JLC), October 15, 2021--East China’s styrene market prices tumbled after surging this week over October 8-14， broadly alongside the benzene market movements.

10-15-2021 16:16:12

Hualu-Hengsheng brings online its caprolactam unit in Oct

Shandong (JLC), October 14, 2021--Shandong Hualu-Hengsheng Chemical (hereinafter referred to as Hualu-Hengsheng) in Dezhou, Shandong put its caprolactam and matching units into operation in October, according to news posted on the company’s website.

10-14-2021 14:55:02

Energy consumption control brings impacts to methanol market

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2021--The government’s policy of controlling total energy consumption and energy use intensity brought some impacts to methanol producers nationwide.

09-26-2021 15:12:06

Xinfengming brings new polyester project on line in Zhejiang

Shandong (JLC), July 8, 2021--Xinfengming Group put its 600,000 mt/yr intelligent and functional differential polyester fiber project (PCP-1/2) at its subsidiary Zhejiang Dushan Energy into operation on July 4, according to an announcement from Xinfengming Group.

07-08-2021 14:24:35

Jiangsu’s social styrene inventory analysis on Aug 31

Shandong (JLC), August 31, 2020--According to uncompleted statistics, on August 31, the social styrene inventory in Jiangsu stayed at 323,100 mt, down 17,200 mt week on week but up 224% year on year.

09-01-2020 16:16:33

Jiangsu’s social styrene inventory analysis on Aug 24

Shandong (JLC), August 25, 2020--According to uncompleted statistics, on August 24, the social styrene inventory in Jiangsu stayed at 340,300 mt, down 6,700 mt week on week but up 241.67% year on year.

08-25-2020 09:24:02

Jiangsu’s social styrene inventory analysis on Aug 17

Shandong (JLC), August 18, 2020--According to uncompleted statistics, on August 17, the social styrene inventory in Jiangsu stayed at 347,000 mt, down 6,400 mt week on week but up 190% year on year.

08-18-2020 13:08:28

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