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Butadiene market to be bullish after a short-term decline

China butadiene market maintained the upward trend of 2016 after the Spring Festival holiday, with the growth increasing to CNY2,000/mt.

02-22-2017 16:36:35

Monthly supply report on analyzing BR units and production in January and February

In January 2017, China BR units kept a run rate around 48% and it is estimated to increase in February.

02-10-2017 17:05:28

Natural rubber and synthetic rubber market to be bullish in February 2017

Introduction: In January 2017, natural rubber and synthetic rubber were in similar trends. Despite the short-time drawback in mid-January, natural rubber kept large increase in January.

02-10-2017 15:16:10

Tire export has transferred to emerging markets under US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy

On January 24th 2017, US Commerce Department announced that its anti-dumping duty rate and anti-subsidy duty rate to China’s tires for trucks and passenger vehicles would be 9% and 22.57% respectively.

02-10-2017 10:18:31

Chronicle of events in benzene industry in 2016

Benzene price in East China market reached CNY8,200/mt in middle December, a new high in recent two years.

02-09-2017 16:46:01

PE market will still be unstable after the Spring Festival

PE market of 2016 came to the close gradually as the New Year approaches, with LLDPE closing at CNY9,900-10,400/mt and LDPE common film at CNY11,200-11,800/mt; under such high prices, the operation in the market was prudent amid the tangled sentiment.

01-23-2017 11:16:04

PE feedstock demand to be released with the declining demand on PE renewable materials

According to JLC, both import and output of renewable materials were in declining trends, and the former one decreased in a larger range.

01-20-2017 17:15:24

NBR price reaches a record high under bullish factors

In December, NBR market was in bullish trend and the quotation of some scarce resource was high;

12-28-2016 15:54:30

China BR unit production situation in H2, 2016

In the second half of 2016(H2), the production in China BR companies did not change too much comparing with that in H1.

12-28-2016 13:59:05

SBR unit maintenance in 2017 may stimulate the speculation in the 2nd quarter

Many SBR units in China were overhauled in 2016; while how many units will have maintenance in 2017 and what are the influences? Let’s have an analysis.

12-27-2016 15:06:49

Reasons for why China toluene market can reach the record high price in 2016

Recently, more bullish factors appeared in the toluene market and the price began to move up very quickly, reaching the new high at CNY6,250/mt in the main market in East China on December 12th. Here are the major reasons:

12-22-2016 15:21:53

Butadiene gets into strong upward trend after a few years of depression

A few years ago, butadiene market was in a depression, running out of dealers’ enthusiasm in operating the market;

12-22-2016 14:10:07

Monthly supply report on analyzing BR units and production in November and December

In November, the run rate of China BR increased to 47% and it is estimated to increase on-month in December. The production in petrochemical companies was normal, but the supply in the market was tight and the amount of supplement from foreign countries and private enterprises were also limited.

12-12-2016 13:53:50

Nearly no profit will be left amid the increasing cost of imported latex

In November, imported rubber in domestic and foreign markets were all in bullish trend, among which the later one moved up faster, and China domestic market was in passive situation suppressed by downstream demand, making the profit margin of imported latex more narrow.

12-08-2016 17:16:34

Rubber inventory within Qingdao Bonded Zone still has potential to increase

By November 30th in 2016, the rubber inventory within Qingdao Bonded Area was 100,200 mt, increased by 9,300 mt or 9.28% from that in mid-November,

12-08-2016 15:25:28

Plastic inventory in Sinopec and Petrochemical keeps at low level

In the second half of November, the price in the market fell back from the high level and the market was in thick wait-and-see sentiment under the bearish trend;

12-08-2016 13:40:29

Special rubber may be bullish by the end of 2016

NBR: The market had a fall in the whole and the quotation of some scarce resource was still high, but most of the resource had returned to the rational level.

12-07-2016 18:01:17

Butadiene market may draw back slightly after the high-level adjustment in December

In November 2016, the run rate of China butadiene was about 72%, down by 1.36% from October.

12-07-2016 15:34:14

Benzene companies adjust listing price rationally to keep the stable self-supply

Entering into November, the listing price of China benzene companies was up-regulated by CNY600/mt totally to CNY6,000/mt, which was the first time since May 2015, but there was still spread between the foreign price and the market price.

12-07-2016 10:38:58

LLDPE will hardly decline driven by OPEC’s production reduction on crude oil

On November 30th, 11 members of OPEC made agreements on production reduction for the first time since recent eight years, and they will reduce the production by 1.2 million barrel per day to 32.5 million per day;

12-06-2016 17:49:33

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