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1.6 mln mt/yr methanol project to be constructed in Zhanjiang

In October 2021, Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone released the full version of the draft of the environmental impact assessment of the 1.6 million mt/yr methanol deep processing project of Xinhui Investment Co., Ltd. for public comments.

11-11-2021 17:30:08

China’s new methanol projects in 2019

According to JLC, 8 million mt/yr methanol projects are predicted to be added in China from end-2018 to 2019.

01-17-2019 14:45:25

Methanol: threatening risks summary

Formaldehyde, DME and acetic acid industries enjoyed good profit while methanol to propylene producers who purchased methanol from the market suffered profit loss. In September, MTO-PP producers suffered a profit loss of CNY 1,009/mt.

10-11-2018 09:40:14

International methanol unit status

Middle East was the major origin for China’s methanol import. For example, China imports about 200,000-250,000 mt of methanol from Iran each month and that from Saudi Arabia was 70,000-100,000mt.

09-26-2018 11:50:08

2018 semi-annual methanol data report

Port inventories were stable at low levels in 2018 and many international newly-added projects were put off from starting up. Units in Iran, New Zealand and other international units took maintenance in March to May.

08-16-2018 09:56:38

South China methanol price trend analysis and forecast, June 2018

Methanol price in South China declined, with continuous arrival of imported goods. Against this backdrop, the price spread between Guangdong and Taicang narrowed to CNY 100-110/mt, which was CNY 230-240/mt narrower from H2, May, just as shown in the chart below.

06-15-2018 09:40:53

Methanol prices varies in different regions; arbitrage windows opens in most areas

n major production areas, market prices in Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia were also stable. That in Ningxia inched up due to increased purchasing volume from main olefin plants. Prices were stable at low levels in Shandong. That in Hebei and Henan edged up.

06-15-2018 08:50:03

Domestic propylene prices up with boost from methanol in early Dec

Propylene prices in the Chinese regions may be stable to slightly lower in the coming days as boost from higher costs wears off. In the meantime, support from range-bound polypropylene futures is limited and the propylene market fundamentals may not change much over the near term.

12-13-2017 17:24:15

Emerging demand for methanol was frustrated by low oil price

In the ongoing Q4 2015, investment in real estate has shown a pessimistic outlook in the demand for formaldehyde. As for dimethyl ether and acetic acid markets, demand is still scarcely seen.

10-27-2015 16:37:48

Methanol inventory declines

Technically speaking, methanol futures prices will bounce back in a short term after reaching the bottom, thus stocking up at low price will be a wise choice.

09-17-2015 17:56:01

China's methanol output in June and July

China produced 3,250,900mt of refined methanol in May, up 220,000mt from a month ago and 6.1% from the same period last year.

07-15-2015 17:16:01

Development in methanol sector H1 2015

As of July 13th, methanol production capacity in China had reached 69,180,000mt, up 0.83% from the comparable year-ago period.

07-14-2015 16:38:49

Sinopec, Exxon ink deal to co-develop methanol to gasoline technology

Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd, owned by Asia's largest refiner Sinopec Group, signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company on Monday to jointly develop methanol to gasoline technology.

03-31-2015 16:24:53

Changing Supply & Demand of Methanol in Northern Shandong

As MTO and MTP industries are rising in Northern Shandong province, JYD conducted a field survey late November, 2014, investigating newly-rising downstream methanol companies in Dongying and Weifang.

12-04-2014 17:00:28

Overstocked Northwest Methanol Market Banks on MTO Operation

Ningxia Baofeng Energy reported that its methanol to olefin unit was fed in feedstock in 5:20 P.M. in the afternoon on October 31st and was estimated to yield products on November 3rd.

11-05-2014 15:46:39

Methanol Price in the Northwest Increasing

Compared with the general price climbing in the whole country, methanol price in the northwest area was more possible to ascend, which was expected to keep up with that in East China.

09-26-2014 10:45:16

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