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E. China propylene market warms up on bullish factors

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2023--Propylene prices in east China increased in late June buoyed by improvement of fundamentals together with cost support.

06-20-2023 17:48:41

Propylene prices downward on weak demand

It is predicted that propylene offers are likely to decrease slightly until dropping to a low point in Shandong market.

03-16-2023 17:09:28

China butadiene prices to move downwards in July

Shandong (JLC), July 12, 2022--Domestic butadiene market prices are likely to move downwards in July amid weak demand and the expectation of incremental supplies in the wake of new unit start-ups.

07-12-2022 15:10:00

China butadiene to spiral downwards in June

Shandong (JLC), June 14, 2022--Domestic butadiene market prices are expected to spiral downwards in June amid the expectation of the start-up of new butadien unit and waning demand.

06-14-2022 09:05:31

China butadiene prices move downward in April on weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), May 10, 2022--Domestic butadiene market prices moved downward as a whole in April undermined by weak fundamentals.

05-10-2022 10:02:00

Propylene market warms up on healthy fundamental

Domestic propylene prices showed an uptrend in the week starting from March 8 amid tightened supply and rising buying interest.

03-10-2021 17:03:38

Acrylonitrile market tepid despite upward feedstock prices

Shandong (JLC), May 20, 2020--Acrylonitrile market softened on the whole due to concerns of rising supply caused by unit restart, though crude futures and propylene prices both went up.

05-20-2020 15:54:33

EO prices inch up amid upward downstream market

Shandong (JLC), November 25, 2019--The ethylene oxide (EO) enterprises under PetroChina in Northeast China took the lead to raise the EO EXW offers by CNY100/mt after they suffered one-month rangebound, driven up by the rise in polycarboxylate superplasticizer prices.

11-25-2019 16:29:06

Propylene market to remain under downward pressure (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), November 21, 2019--Propylene market will remain under downward pressure in the short run, as the supply is ample and downstream unit operating rates remain low.

11-21-2019 14:23:12

Propylene market to remain under downward pressure (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), November 21, 2019--Propylene market will remain under downward pressure in the short run, as the supply is ample and downstream unit operating rates remain low.

11-21-2019 14:21:13

PSM prices to rise amid upward feedstock market

Domestic polycarboxylate superplasticizer monomer (PSM) prices stopped declining recently amid climbed prices of feedstock oxirane in some regions.

04-14-2019 14:41:00

Propylene prices to move downwards on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), January 14, 2019--China propylene prices will decline this week (Jan 14-Jan 20) after going into stalemate for the lack of support from crude market, Asian propylene market and supply-demand fundamentals.

01-14-2019 17:23:49

China-US trade war’s influence on China toluene/xylene market (2)

The arbitrage window between Asia and U.S. was under closure for most of the time. U.S. usually relied on European toluene and xylene imports to supplement domestic demand. Thus, the trade war relaxation won’t exert large influence on the arbitrage operation between China and U.S.

05-22-2018 10:59:52

China-US trade war’s influence on China styrene market (1)

As a whole, the trade negotiations is favorable for China styrene market, which will boost styrene market price in the short term, coupled with good supply-demand fundamentals.

05-22-2018 10:56:28

MEG market moved upward against concentrated maintenance

In June, 2017, MEG price in domestic market rose against concentrated maintenance.

06-14-2017 11:43:39

PTA upward trend is weak amid short of rebound factors

In 2015, the traditional “Golden September and Silver October” peak season for polyester didn’t appear, and the PTA industry was too weak as well.

10-14-2015 10:00:56

Polyolefin Market May Go Downward

In the second half of this year, international crude oil stepped into a downward trend, resulting in the climbing profit of olefin production. On October 15th, the profit of oil-feed PE climbed from CNY22/mt on June 13th to CNY1,980/mt, an upbeat to nearly 90 times.

11-05-2014 15:45:22

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