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Oct styrene output rises, despite lower operating rates

Shandong (JLC), November 13, 2024—Although the operating rate in the styrene industry inched down, styrene output increased in October due to newly-added capacity and one more natural day than Septemb

11-13-2024 17:33:19

Styrene downstream units operating rates fall

Shandong (JLC), July 23, 2024—The operating rates of styrene downstream EPS, ABS and PS units declined.

07-23-2024 17:27:02

China Apr styrene output rallies on higher operating rates

Shandong (JLC), May 14, 2024—China’s styrene output increased amid rising unit operating rates.

05-14-2024 16:53:06

Toluene, MX unit operating rates show mixed trends in Nov

Shandong (JLC), December 7, 2023--Operating rates of toluene units edged down in November, while those of MX units inched up.

12-07-2023 08:35:26

China Jul benzene units run rates and output both rise on month

Shandong (JLC), August 8, 2023—China benzene units operating rate averaged 80.87% in July and the monthly output read 1.54 mln mt.

08-08-2023 17:38:39

Hydrogenated benzene prices up on lower run rates

Shandong (JLC), March 9, 2023--In early March, hydrogenated benzene prices went up amid lower run rates.

03-09-2023 15:04:00

China styrene downstream run rates change little

Shandong (JLC), November 25, 2022--Domestic styrene downstream industries’ operating rates were basically stable this week ended on November 24.

11-25-2022 16:34:00

China styrene run rates down 0.76% WoW on unit turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), August 16, 2022--During August 5-11, the weekly operating rate in domestic styrene industry averaged 77.29%, down by 0.76 percentage points week on week and down by 8.68 percentage poi

08-16-2022 16:46:24

Styrene and downstream industries’ operating rates analysis

Shandong (JLC), May 31, 2022--Domestic styrene industry's operating rates saw a steep fall in the week over May 20-26, while styrene downstream industries' operating rates were mixed.

05-31-2022 15:34:33

Hanwha Total reduces by 20% operating rates at styrene plant

Shandong (JLC), November 24, 2021--Asian Hanwha Total reduced by around 20% operating rate of its styrene plant due to low margins which was caused by styrene capacity expansion and limited demand.

11-24-2021 16:41:12

Benzene downstream run rates show mixed trend

Shandong (JLC), June 23, 2021--The operating rate of benzene downstream units showed mixed changes due to unit restart and turnarounds.

06-23-2021 14:12:59

China’s styrene operating rates keep falling in Jan

Shandong (JLC), January 28, 2021--The average operating rate of styrene units in China monitored by JLC kept declining in January amid a couple of enterprises shutdown or unit operating rate cut.

01-28-2021 17:15:55

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

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

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 09:38:35

Styrene downstream demand thin on low operating rates

Shandong (JLC), February 25, 2020--China’s styrene downstream demand was slack as a whole as styrene and its downstream industrial chain enterprises saw a rarely intensive reduction in output and their unit operating rate declined greatly compared with that in the previous year.

02-25-2020 16:53:48

MX utilization rates inch down in May amid unit turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), June 6, 2019--China MX industry utilization rate inched down by around 8 percentage points from last month to 48.5% in May 2019, affected by unit maintenance.

06-06-2019 17:46:15

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

Ethanol run rates hit the record low in East China

Shandong (JLC), May 16, 2019--Run rates in ethanol industry in East China hit the record low of 12% mainly as most producers suffered losses.

05-16-2019 09:07:56

ECH prices rise amid low run rates

Shandong (JLC), March 27, 2019--ECH prices were pushed up amid low run rates, affected by the recent chemical accident.

03-27-2019 13:37:54

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