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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

Henan's floodwaters hit ethanol market much

Shandong (JLC), July 28, 2021--Henan’s ethanol market took a heavy blow from the floodwaters on demand and feedstock price sectors.

07-28-2021 15:40:45

China ethanol price rises to a year’s high

China’s ethanol market price rose to a year’s high at CNY7,250-8,000/mt on February 24, responding to the growing cost, compared with the price of CNY6,625-7,700/mt at the beginning of this year.

02-25-2021 10:45:02

Domestic ethanol market to show regional trend

The domestic ethanol market remained stable, and prices in some regions kept firm. As of September 10, the domestic ethanol market average price was CNY5,420/mt, up by 0.74% month on month, and down by 1.89% year on year.

09-10-2019 17:22:56

Ethanol prices plunge amid weaker demand

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2019--China’s ethanol prices dropped fast in April largely due to declined downstream demand, as well as impacts from imported ethanol.

04-16-2019 16:15:27

Ethanol prices inch down amid weak demand and VAT reform

Shandong (JLC), April 11, 2019--Ethanol prices dropped slowly in early April due to slack demand and value-added tax (VAT) reform.

04-11-2019 08:33:08

Molasses-based ethanol producers suffer challenges

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2019--Molasses-based ethanol industry will eye industrial integration in the future as molasses-based ethanol producers not only suffered subdued demand amid oversupply, but also suffered high feedstock prices and cost of effluent disposal.

03-28-2019 16:03:20

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

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