Energy report, Chemical report,News & Commentary, Market Price, JLC database

Yulong Island brings phase-I refining project online

Shandong (JLC), September 26, 2024--Yulong Island phase-I 10 mln mt/yr refining project (II series) was put into operation on September 25, an important step for Yantai petrochemical industry structur

09-26-2024 14:34:48

China’s PX imports see continuous decline

Shandong (JLC), June 13, 2024—China’s PX imports decreased annually due to the expansion of domestic PX production capacity and policy support.

06-13-2024 17:20:40

Chinese & international toluene market analysis

Shandong (JLC), February 27, 2023--Chinese toluene market prices went range-bound generally this week over February 17-23, but the international market showed mixed changes this week.

02-27-2023 16:04:00

Analysis of import trend of Chinese styrene market

Shandong (JLC), December 13, 2022--China has less depended on imported styrene in recent years, amid the rapid capacity expansion.

12-13-2022 15:28:36

Two new phenolic/ acetone units to come online in Q4 2022

Shandong (JLC), October 13, 2022--In the fourth quarter of 2022 (Q4 2022), two sets of phenolic/ acetone units will be brought online.

10-13-2022 17:16:54

China chemical market hit by halt of Nord Stream 1 pipeline

Shandong (JLC), September 14, 2022--The Nord Stream 1 pipeline was declared to be closed by Gazprom on September 2 due to failures, and this will impact part of China chemical market.

09-14-2022 09:44:52

Jiujiang Petrochemical brings online aromatics complex

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2022--Sinopec brought online one 890,000 mt/yr aromatics complex at its subsidiary Jiujiang Petrochemical on June 8, and the complex achieved on-specification products, market

06-20-2022 17:40:39

China’s first caprolactam-fed HMDA unit comes online

Shandong (JLC), May 11, 2022--Ningxia Ruitai Technology brought online its new nylon66 material project on May 5, marking the start-up of China’s first caprolactam-fed hexamethylenediamine (HMDA) uni

05-11-2022 16:58:21

China’s aniline price surges on higher cost, tighter supply

The changes in aniline prices became wide from the fourth quarter of 2021, and the price rise exceeded CNY1,000/mt in East China after Chinese New Year holiday (Jan 31-Feb 6), underpinned by high cost

02-10-2022 17:36:54

China aniline market Top 6 highlights, 2021

Shandong (JLC), November 26, 2021--China aniline price went range-bound at a high level amid growing supply and demand as a whole in 2021.

11-26-2021 11:09:47

Benzene price declines after rising on weak fundamentals

11-16-2021 15:38:14

Hualu-Hengsheng brings online its caprolactam unit in Oct

Shandong (JLC), October 14, 2021--Shandong Hualu-Hengsheng Chemical (hereinafter referred to as Hualu-Hengsheng) in Dezhou, Shandong put its caprolactam and matching units into operation in October, according to news posted on the company’s website.

10-14-2021 14:55:02

China aniline prices surge on unit maintenance, strong cost

Shandong (JLC), May 13, 2021--Domestic aniline market prices rose notably during the Labor Day holiday (May 1-5, 2021) buoyed by unit turnarounds and strong cost, but stabilized with the unit restarting.

05-13-2021 16:10:08

China aniline prices stop falling on unit turnarounds

China’s aniline prices ceased declining from mid-April amid unit maintenance and cost support.

04-21-2021 16:52:34

TDI market lackluster undermined by slack demand

Shandong (JLC), April 20, 2021--TDI prices have been on drops since March as weak downstream demand contributed to slack trading volume.

04-20-2021 15:14:51

Aniline prices expected to drop in Dec

Aniline prices are anticipated to move down in December when feedstock prices will drop, the product supply in northern area may increase, and downstream demand will plunge.

11-27-2020 17:34:17

China’s MX market undermined by high port stocks

Domestic MX market remained slack on the whole in October, largely because port inventories were consumed slowly, though downstream PX plants raised demand.

10-29-2020 15:17:26

Aniline prices rise on demand improvement

Shandong (JLC), September 22, 2020--China’s aniline market had suffered a sluggish period affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the globe and the geopolitical conflict, and it saw a breakthrough in September amid the improvement in demand.

09-22-2020 16:36:25

Chinese styrene producers may maintain high operating rates

The operating rates of domestic styrene producers surveyed by JLC will possibly stay high in the fourth quarter, due to restart of some idle units and cancel of turnaround plans.

08-25-2020 10:44:06

Operating rates of toluene and MX units to decline on persistent profit losses (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), August 25, 2020--Toluene and MX producers will stabilize their unit operating rates in the short run, but if the profits losses and sales pressure exist for a long time, producers may cut unit operating rates and increase their self-use, decreasing the market supply as a result.

08-25-2020 09:43:26

Login

Leading provider of market intelligence and pricing solutions for energy products and commodities in China