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Overall propylene market firm on falling supply, cost support

Shandong (JLC), August 22, 2023--Propylene market was largely firm in past days of August on account of falling supply and cost support.

08-22-2023 15:13:23

China propylene prices pick up on firm support

Shandong (JLC), February 20, 2023—China’s propylene prices rallied amid high costs, tight supply and moderate demand.

02-20-2023 17:56:50

China butadiene prices climb on cost support

Shandong (JLC), April 8, 2022--China butadiene prices moved higher in March, largely because of the support from upstream market.

04-08-2022 17:26:17

Propylene market to keep bullish on support of fundamental

China propylene market is expected to keep bullish in the short run affected by the bullish fundamentals.

05-13-2021 16:04:39

EO prices may rise on cost support

Domestic ethylene oxide (EO) prices will possibly go up in the rest of September, largely stimulated by upward feedstock prices.

09-22-2020 15:24:00

Propylene glycol prices may inch down on thin support

Shandong (JLC), April 20, 2020--Propylene glycol prices will possibly go down in the short run on weak cost support and bearish expectations in the market.

04-20-2020 15:39:00

Synthetic rubber profits remain low despite cost supports (Part 1)

Shandong (JLC), December 24 , 2019--Most synthetic rubber producers enjoyed marginal profits and some of them even suffered the negative profits although the butadiene price continued dropping and the synthetic rubber price moved up.

12-24-2019 13:15:40

DOP prices inch up supported by cost

Shandong (JLC), December 24, 2019--The DOP market price inched up in December supported by the cost and moderate sales ahead of the Spring Festival.

12-24-2019 11:28:31

December PA prices rise on cost supports

Shandong (JLC), December 13, 2019--China phthalic anhydride （PA） market prices moved up in December after long-term low levels boosted by strong cost support and tight supply.

12-13-2019 11:31:59

DOP market prices inch up supported by firm feedstock price

Shandong (JLC), December 13, 2019--China DOP market prices inched up from December as phthalic anhydride (PA)prices went up, boosting the DOP market, but the demand from downstream producers was still subdued.

12-13-2019 11:13:41

MTBE prices stable supported by the cost

Shandong (JLC), November 19, 2019--In November, MTBE market price in China remained stable after dropping in October as the cost stayed high but the demand from downstream industry weakened.

11-19-2019 17:27:12

PO prices firm on cost， demand supports

Shandong (JLC), November 19, 2019--Propylene oxide （PO） market price in China stood firm recently as the cost went up and downstream producers purchased PO for stocking moderately. In addition, the PO unit at key PO plants in Shandong were not running at full rates.

11-19-2019 13:50:04

PO prices stable on cost support

Shandong (JLC), October 28, 2019--The propylene oxide (PO) market price became stable after dropping in the week ended October 25 as it was supported by the high cost but was restricted the weak demand.

10-28-2019 09:41:03

PG prices to inch up supported by PO market

Shandong (JLC), September 18, 2019--The propylene glycol （PG） market price in China will rise slightly in the short term supported by the feedstock epoxypropane (PO) market.

09-18-2019 17:01:01

ECH prices rise supported by the cost

Shandong (JLC), September 12, 2019--Epichlorohydrin (ECH) market prices rose in recent days supported by the cost.

09-12-2019 17:32:18

Butanone prices stay low for lack of support

Shandong (JLC), June 18, 2019--The butanone market price in China was low amid weak demand and limited support from feedstock market despite the decreasing supply after the Dragon Boat Festival over June 7-June 9.

06-18-2019 17:00:26

Units’ maintenance may support propylene market

In early 2017, propylene price grew slightly and insiders kept optimistic attitude to propylene market. However, taking Shandong market for example, propylene price fell slightly from middle February to H1 March.

03-22-2017 09:58:47

Benzene market gained support from downstream profits in a short term

Theoretically, it’s seen from above that the downstream products could still gain sufficient profits, which indicates that their production demands would be maintained in a short term and can underpin benzene market to some extent.

03-31-2016 14:15:13

How far will plastic rebound go against weak demand and less cost support?

Driven by crude price rock and cut-down bank reserve, futures prices of plastics surged on February 6th, but were predicted to decline shortly after for lack of support from cost as well as supply & demand.

02-10-2015 15:26:14

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