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PX producers still suffer from losses on lower prices

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2024--PX producers still suffered from losses in early September, as PX prices went lower compared with naphtha prices.

09-19-2024 13:45:52

DOP producers still suffer from losses on higher feedstock

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2024--DOP producers still suffered from losses in late June, as feedstock octanol prices moved higher, while DOP prices fluctuated slightly.

06-20-2024 09:28:09

MEG producers push up operating rate in Q1

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2024--MEG unit operating rate increased in the first quarter of this year, as part of previously off-line units resumed production, and due to the stimulation from high produ

03-28-2024 14:50:50

Styrene producers lower operating rate in Oct

Shandong (JLC), November 20, 2023--Styrene unit operating rate in October dropped on a month-on-month comparison, largely because some producers halted production in the second half of October.

11-20-2023 17:13:17

China PTA producers push up output greatly in Q3

Shandong (JLC), November 9, 2023--PTA output eyed a large growth in the third quarter this year, thanks to high operating rate and stable downstream demand.

11-09-2023 10:58:10

China MEG producers suffer losses on muted demand

Shandong (JLC), September 5, 2023--Recently, international crude oil prices continued to fluctuate at high levels due to various bearish factors such as OPEC+ additional production cuts by oil produci

09-05-2023 11:13:00

Styrene key downstream producers see profit shrinkage

Shandong (JLC), August 29, 2023--The profit space of styrene main downstream enterprises has tended to narrow since the third quarter, and gradually turned from profit to loss, particularly for PS ent

08-29-2023 17:19:00

China MEG producers suffer losses

Shandong (JLC), May 26, 2022-- China MEG producers suffer losses from January 2022.

05-26-2022 14:00:00

Propylene producers suffer from losses on high cost, weak fundamental

Shandong (JLC), May 18, 2022--Production margins of propyelne producers have been in negative in past days of the year as the cost was high and the fundamental presented weak.

05-18-2022 17:33:17

Acrylonitrile producers suffer from loss in Q1

Shandong (JLC), April 18, 2022--Acrylonitrile producers suffered from losses in the first quarter of the year amid lower product prices and high cost.

04-18-2022 09:07:44

PSF producers to conduct maintenance on high cost

Shandong (JLC), March 14, 2022--Some polyester staple fiber (PSF) producers are expected to conduct maintenance in the short run undermined by high cost.

03-14-2022 10:46:33

Bottle-grade PET producers enjoy high margins on tight supply

Shandong (JLC), December 9, 2021--China bottle-grade PET producers have enjoyed high production margins recently, as product prices have been strong amid supply constraints.

12-09-2021 17:21:05

Phenol, acetone producers to still enjoy margins in Dec

Shandong (JLC), December 3, 2021--Phenol and acetone producers are expected to still enjoy margins in December as feedstock prices are anticipated to keep falling, though phenol and acetone market will be slack.

12-03-2021 15:12:28

Sodium carbonate producers eye rising stocks on production recovery

Shandong (JLC), November 17, 2021--The inventory of Chinese sodium carbonate producers continued to increase in mid-November, largely due to production recovery as well as tepid demand.

11-17-2021 14:53:25

China’s PTA producers’ run rate rises on unit restarts

Shandong (JLC), October 29, 2021--Operating rates of Chinese purified terephthalic acid (PTA) producers increased lately as some previously idled units resumed operation.

10-29-2021 15:15:00

Run rate of PET bottle chip producers up on unit restarts

Shandong (JLC), September 10, 2021--The operating rate of Chinese PET bottle chip producers increased in early September, largely because of restarts of previously offline units.

09-13-2021 11:36:14

China’s polyester producers reap better margins in late August

Shandong (JLC), August 25, 2021--The production margins of Chinese polyester products climbed in late August as the drop in feedstock prices greatly outpaced that in prices of polyester products.

08-25-2021 16:12:38

China’s MX producers suffer from losses in H2, 2020

The production margins of MX producers have been in negative in the second half of this year pressured by high cost.

12-09-2020 11:05:36

PA producers enjoy fat margins on rising product prices

Phthalic anhydride (PA) producers enjoyed fat margins in November, as rises in the product prices outstripped those in feedstock prices.

11-26-2020 14:30:28

China PFY producers find improving sales, declining stocks

Chinese polyester filament yarn (PFY) producers have found much better sales since the second half of the National Day holiday (October 1-8) as the demand has surged in a strong season, and their inventories have decreased significantly.

10-21-2020 16:56:16

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