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Lower targets of renovation of shanty towns to weaken PE demand

At the end of 2018, market sources said the targets of renovation of shanty towns will decline, which will lead to lower demand for PE.

01-31-2019 17:14:49

China’s anti-dumping preliminary ruling to boost domestic NBR market

The Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MoC) issued a preliminary ruling saying the imported NBR (Nitrile-butadiene rubber) originating in South Korea and Japan was dumped, harming domestic NBR industry.

07-17-2018 18:24:26

The compound fertilizer supply to be tight in the spring-sowing season

Traditionally, the compound fertilizer producers always raise their output in advance, in order to guarantee the supply in the spring-sowing season. The producers usually begin to raise their operating rates in November and enter the peak production season in December and January.

01-19-2018 08:59:42

Snowy weather to raise PE freight

Entering January, the snowy weather appeared in many areas in China, impacting on the transportation directly. The local governments and relevant departments arranged the emergency work for avoiding snow disaster and guarantee the transportation capacity.

01-15-2018 16:53:35

JLC analysis on the 19th National Congress

The 19th National Congress opened on October 18th. What changes will it bring to domestic and global petrochemical industry pattern? Here, JLC will dig into this topic in detail, especially the factors that will directly affect the petrochemical industry.

10-23-2017 15:59:42

Intensive maintenance makes PE market firm

1. China PE capacity and output China PE capacity totaled 16.47 million mt/yr in 2017, up by 7.93% against that in 2016.

03-27-2017 17:42:32

Analysis on phosphate units’ run rates

During the February 13th-17th period, the run rate of MAP rebounded to 58%, up by 3 percentage points against that before the Spring Festival holiday. The large-scale companies kept their run rates around 60%-70% while the small MAP companies kept low run rates (20%-30%).

02-22-2017 17:57:02

JLC analysis on the run rates of melamine units (Feb 13th-Feb 17th, 2017)

1. Overall run rate of China’s melamine units In the February 13th-17th period, the run rate decreased slightly in China. And some units shut down temporarily.

02-22-2017 15:22:16

What does the slumped PP futures price mean to PP market?

PP demand kept sluggish around the Lantern Festival in February. In spite of the coming boom season in March, the various bearish factors in PP market made some traders cautious, especially that PP futures price declined in mid-February.

02-22-2017 15:09:40

JLC analysis on urea units’ run rates (Feb 11th-Feb 17th, 2017)

This week, the run rate of urea industry kept relatively stable. According to JLC, China’s total output of urea was 970,900mt in this week, with an average daily output of 138,700mt and an average run rate of 58.50%.

02-21-2017 18:21:38

Spefical rubber demand slackens amid an offseaon, weighing heavily on the market

In July, special rubber products had no change compared to June in the traditional slack season of downstream products. But the market quotation was not good enough to offset the influence in the traditional slack season.

08-09-2016 17:02:24

Analysis on China butadiene unit run rate

1.China butadiene units’ run rate In July,2016, China domestic butadiene units had a 70% run rate, up by 2.19% on-month. Most of China domestic butadiene units was being under normal operation.

08-05-2016 14:16:28

SBS oil-extended rubber prices likely to hover at high levels

In early July, Dushanzi Petrochemical only arranged a production of 1,900 mt 171 SBSoil-extended rubber. PetroChina South China Marketing Company takes buy-out dealership on SBS oil-extended rubber business. SBS oil-extended rubber price maintained slight increase

07-29-2016 18:58:10

NBR market is mixed amid weak demand

In July, nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) maintained correction after a small increase. NBR market activities were flat. Short-supply supported NBR price to rise in the later period, but the market remained stagnant.

07-28-2016 16:28:07

When can butadiene break its deadlock?

In the first half year of 2016, domestic butadiene price rose with a fluctuation andwas higher than the price in H1, 2015. Butadiene price had a highest point at CNY9,800/mt in May. Entering June, butadiene price rose after a fall, and had a correction at high price.

07-26-2016 11:05:26

Natural emulsion sees a price upturn based on short supply

Barreled TVRTEX latex prevailed at CNY10,800/mt, while THAIHUA TEX at CNY10,800/mt by July 19th. Natural emulsion trading price rose to CNY11,450-11,500/mt on July 18th in view of the tight supply. The shortage of natural emulsion drove up a robust price rising.

07-21-2016 09:17:43

Qilu Petrochemical starts batch production of new-type rubber

Reportedly, Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical has put their two pollution-free synthetic rubber products (SBR1502E and SBR1702E) into production officially.

07-13-2016 11:01:27

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