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PX producers still suffer from losses on lower prices

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2024--PX producers still suffered from losses in early September, as PX prices went lower compared with naphtha prices.

09-19-2024 13:45:52

DOP producers still suffer from losses on higher feedstock

Shandong (JLC), June 20, 2024--DOP producers still suffered from losses in late June, as feedstock octanol prices moved higher, while DOP prices fluctuated slightly.

06-20-2024 09:28:09

Styrene producers lower operating rate in Oct

Shandong (JLC), November 20, 2023--Styrene unit operating rate in October dropped on a month-on-month comparison, largely because some producers halted production in the second half of October.

11-20-2023 17:13:17

Styrene key downstream producers see profit shrinkage

Shandong (JLC), August 29, 2023--The profit space of styrene main downstream enterprises has tended to narrow since the third quarter, and gradually turned from profit to loss, particularly for PS ent

08-29-2023 17:19:00

Phenol, acetone producers to still enjoy margins in Dec

Shandong (JLC), December 3, 2021--Phenol and acetone producers are expected to still enjoy margins in December as feedstock prices are anticipated to keep falling, though phenol and acetone market will be slack.

12-03-2021 15:12:28

Sodium carbonate producers eye rising stocks on production recovery

Shandong (JLC), November 17, 2021--The inventory of Chinese sodium carbonate producers continued to increase in mid-November, largely due to production recovery as well as tepid demand.

11-17-2021 14:53:25

China’s MX producers suffer from losses in H2, 2020

The production margins of MX producers have been in negative in the second half of this year pressured by high cost.

12-09-2020 11:05:36

PA producers enjoy fat margins on rising product prices

Phthalic anhydride (PA) producers enjoyed fat margins in November, as rises in the product prices outstripped those in feedstock prices.

11-26-2020 14:30:28

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

Toluene, MX producers suffer losses

The production margins of toluene and MX producers have been negative since June, as upstream prices increased, but persistently dim demand made prices of the two products move sideways.

08-25-2020 10:21:15

Chinese producers to supply more toluene and xylene in July

Chinese chemical producers are expected to increase toluene and xylene supply in July as several units come back online after maintenance, while imports of the products will likely decline.

07-08-2020 16:09:27

MA producers to further raise operating rate on high profit

China’s MA unit operating rate will keep rising in the rest of May amid boost from high profits.

05-21-2020 13:52:24

Petrochemical producers cut operating rate on high stocks

Shandong (JLC), February 18, 2020--Operating rates of China’s petrochemical producers extended a downtrend after the Lunar New Year amid high inventory, as the virus resulted in traffic restriction and slack demand.

02-18-2020 14:45:54

PX producers suffer losses on narrowed spread

Shandong (JLC), November 29, 2019--China paraxylene (PX) producers suffered losses from the middle of July due to narrowed spread between PX and feedstock MX.

11-29-2019 17:35:59

China’s PX producers’ operating rate down on unit turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), October 11, 2019--The average operating rate of China’s paraxylene (PX) producers slipped by 2.02 percentage points against that on September 27 to 85.1%, JLC data indicates.

10-11-2019 16:18:28

Asian PX producers suffer from losses

Shandong (JLC), September 17, 2019--Asia para xylene (PX) producers have been suffering from losses since May due to supply growth as some units resumed operation and some new ones came onstream.

09-17-2019 11:55:59

Asian styrene producers suffer narrowed profits in Aug

Shandong (JLC), September 11, 2019--he profits of Asian styrene producers kept decreasing in August as the styrene price went down but the feedstock prices rose.

09-11-2019 17:04:33

PX producers’ high profits period ends

Shandong (JLC), June 25, 2019--The profits of PX producers in China plunged rapidly since March 2019 after stayed high for a long time due to plunges in PX prices caused by ample supply.

06-25-2019 17:10:37

S Korean PX producers consider cutting utilization rates

Shandong (JLC), May 22, 2019--South Korean producers of paraxylene (PX) are planning to lower operating rates amid negative profits and rising prices of feedstock condensate caused by the expiration of the US waiver for Iranian oil.

05-22-2019 14:32:47

PA producers suffer losses in Q1

Phthalic Anhydride (PA) profits have been in negative since February 2019 amid low prices and slack demand.

03-25-2019 15:30:24

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