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SBS production capacity to promote by newly-built SBS units

In 2021, there will be 15 SBS producers in China. And as of the end of 2021, the total design production capacity for SBS producers will hit 1.86 million mt/yr.

01-04-2021 16:51:07

PVC prices in June remain low despite units overhauls

Shandong (JLC), June 12, 2019--The PVC price in June was hard to rise as some producers resumed prodution and downstream demand was expected to be weak.

06-12-2019 16:40:11

Polybutadiene units status summary in H2 2018

The operating rate of polybutadiene producers increased during the second half of 2018. In November, the monthly run rate exceeded 60%, hitting the new high in 2018.

01-17-2019 14:09:31

China ESBR units status report for September 2018

Overview of China ESBR Producers' Unit Status

10-17-2018 16:36:02

Newly-constructed phenol units will be put into production in China

Most phenol units were centralized in East China amid its geographical advantage. However, as the second largely market in China, South China only had one set of phenolic ketone device at Huizhou Zhongxin.

03-13-2018 17:01:31

Brief introduction of offshore styrene units’ maintenance plans, 2018

12-14-2017 09:27:50

NBR units’ run rate increased in Nov, boosting bullish market sentiment

According to the latest data in 2017, there were 5 NBR producers in China with capacity totaling 230,000 mt/yr.

12-13-2017 18:06:59

China PBR supply monthly report on units & capacity (November-December)

12-13-2017 10:31:09

2017 Events in China Synthetic Rubber Industry (Units, Technology & Policies)

11-27-2017 13:52:34

2017 Events in China Synthetic Rubber Industry (Units, Technology & Policies)

In 2017, synthetic rubber technology further developed in China, such as oil-grade SSBR devolatilization, SBS YH-185 (a new grade) for shoe material use, high-performence Nd-polybutadiene catalyst, and SBR polymerization system without phosphorus.

11-22-2017 10:44:52

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

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

Latest news about the maintenance plan of China PE units in 2017

Introduction: The PE petrochemical unit maintenance will still concentrate in April and May in 2017, involving 3.38 million mt capacity, and the large scale maintenance will reduce comparing with that in 2016.

12-26-2016 18:00:09

Market share competition will be fiercer under the continuously increasing PE units’ production

In recent years, the capacity of petrochemical units in China kept continuous increase and the production expansion of CTO units was relatively concentrated in the past two years.

11-29-2016 17:26:27

Transportation is in difficult situation amid concentrated PE units in mid-western China

The production and marketing of coal chemical products were separated spatially, increasing the logistics pressure, and transportation may be one major contradiction factor during the coal chemical industry development in the future.

11-22-2016 15:15:42

Intensive maintenance of olefin units in Northwest China makes methanol price decline

Methanol price in Ningxia drops from CNY1,750/mt to CNY1,450/mt; the price in central Shaanxi drops from CNY1,850/mt to CNY1,650/mt; methanol price in Shanxi moved down from CMY1,780/mt to CNY1,670/mt.

05-18-2016 14:12:02

Operation status of China methanol units

03-24-2016 14:43:04

Analysis on China ESBR units' operations and supplies (February-March, 2016)

Domestic ESBR units' run-rate in February was around 48%, lower than that in January owing to Zhejiang Weitai' s and Hangzhou Zhechen' s SBR unit shutdown in earlier stage and the declined run-rates of Fushun Petrochemical' s and Jilin Petrochemical' s SBR units.

03-10-2016 16:27:56

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