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Styrene downstream units operating rates fall

Shandong (JLC), July 23, 2024—The operating rates of styrene downstream EPS, ABS and PS units declined.

07-23-2024 17:27:02

Sinopec Qilu shuts down some chemical units after fire erupts

Guangzhou (JLC), December 25, 2023 – Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical has taken some of its chemical units offline, due to a major fire that broke out at its chemical complex in Zibo on December 23.

12-25-2023 17:25:19

Sep benzene units operating rate down 0.28% on month

Shandong (JLC), October 12, 2023--Benzene units operating rate inched down in September, as most producers operated steadily.

10-12-2023 11:34:26

China Jul benzene units run rates and output both rise on month

Shandong (JLC), August 8, 2023—China benzene units operating rate averaged 80.87% in July and the monthly output read 1.54 mln mt.

08-08-2023 17:38:39

ZPC achieves on-spec products at PO/SM units

Shandong (JLC), June 21, 2023--Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical (ZPC), a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical achieved on-specification products at its PO/SM units, according to a notice published by

06-21-2023 16:50:16

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

PE production capacity rises on new units in South China

Shandong (JLC), March 3, 2023--In February, new PE units of Guangdong Petrochemical and Hainan Refining and Chemical were put into operation successively.

03-03-2023 00:00:00

Styrene units to extend losses on high costs in March

Shandong (JLC), February 28, 2023—China’s styrene units will continue to suffer from losses amid high cost pressure in March.

02-28-2023 17:33:54

China's newly-added PP units analysis in 2023

Shandong (JLC), January 31, 2023--Polypropylene is a thermoplastic synthetic resin with excellent performance, which is widely used in fields and has low market access threshold, attracting investors

01-31-2023 11:21:00

China styrene units suffer from losses on high costs in 2022

Shandong (JLC), January 9, 2022--In 2022, China's styrene industrial chain expansion continued, coupled with surging global energy prices and economic recession.

01-09-2023 14:01:00

Run rates of caprolactam units down on losses and weak demand

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2022—The overall operating rate of caprolactam plants maintained at 70% amid margins loss and flat demand.

10-28-2022 17:35:49

The operating rate of PDH units rises on higher profits

Shandong (JLC), October 21, 2022—China’s PDH industry’s run rate increased due to higher profits and low costs.

10-21-2022 16:46:11

Two new phenolic/ acetone units to come online in Q4 2022

Shandong (JLC), October 13, 2022--In the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4 2022), two sets of phenolic/ acetone units will be brought online.

10-13-2022 17:16:54

Guangdong Petchem completes MTBE/butene-1 units

Beijing (JLC), May 24, 2022--PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical held a ceremony on the completion of its 80,000/30,000 mt/yr MTBE/butene-1 units on May 20, after 20 months of construction that started

05-25-2022 19:18:05

Gas-based methanol units shut down later than expected

12-09-2021 17:02:59

Many methanol and downstream units to come onstream in H2

Shandong (JLC), July 14, 2021--There will be a total of 8.28 million mt/yr of methanol unit to come on line in 2021, of which 4.37 million mt/yr unit has been put into operation in the first half of the year.

07-14-2021 17:31:42

Falling operating rates of methanol units in southern Shandong

Operating rate of methanol unit falls in southern Shandong, affected by the environmental policy, and will decrease further due to weak fundamentals.

06-10-2021 10:22:23

China’s PX market to see newly-added units in H2

Shandong (JLC), April 23, 2021--Chinese paraxylene (PX) producers Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical (ZPC) and Jiangsu Shenghong Group are expected to bring their new PX units on line in the second half of the year, which will bridge the supply gap caused by newly-added PTA units, JLC’s research shows.

04-23-2021 16:56:02

NW China methanol price trend depends on new units start-up progress

The medium-to-long-term methanol price trend in Northwest China depends on the progress of new MTO matched methanol units’ start-ups.

11-24-2020 16:55:36

Operating rates of toluene and MX units to decline on persistent profit losses (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), August 25, 2020--Toluene and MX producers will stabilize their unit operating rates in the short run, but if the profits losses and sales pressure exist for a long time, producers may cut unit operating rates and increase their self-use, decreasing the market supply as a result.

08-25-2020 09:43:26

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