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China methanol industry run rates in 2016-2019

Shandong (JLC), February 27, 2019--According to maintenance activities in petrochemical producers, run rate in methanol industry always slips from the second quarter to the third quarter and alternative period between third and fourth quarter.

02-27-2019 08:33:23

China methanol development trend in 2016-2017 (part two)

According data from JLC, capacity of affiliated methanol units of some CTO projects was great among those new and expanded methanol units, which operated in 2016.

02-28-2017 17:23:14

China methanol development trend in 2016-2017 (part one)

In 2016, about 625,000 mt/yr methanol capacity in China was out of operation and 3 million mt/yr methanol capacity was in long-term outage, which reflected that excessive and backward capacity was being eliminated.

02-23-2017 17:18:29

China methanol import volume in 2016 grew by 60% YoY

Methanol price in 2016 rebounded from low level. The prices in most regions growing from CNY1,000/mt, even up by 100% in particular areas.

01-23-2017 13:53:16

Run rate of China methanol industry in 2016

Data from JLC showed that run rate of China methanol industry averaged 59.3% in 2016, up 1.2 percentage points from 2015 and 0.2 percentage point lower than that in 2014.

01-09-2017 14:34:11

China MTO/P capacity breaks 10 million mt/yr in 2016

Since the first 500,000 mt/yr MTP project of Shenhua Ningxia Coal operated in October 2010, CTO industry has been developing stably in China.

12-27-2016 15:31:47

Top 10 events of China methanol market in 2016

Although China methanol capacity growth in 2015 slowed down generally, newly-added methanol capacity in 2016 reads 7.25 million mt (including capacity of matched units of olefin), up by 9.5% YoY.

12-23-2016 17:09:47

Methanol price soars at the end of 2016

Methanol price grew significantly and hit high record for the week ending December 9th. In short three working days, methanol price in Northwest China read CNY2,650/mt at the highest. And methanol price in East China ports read CNY3,020/mt.

12-12-2016 15:29:39

The MIIT issues the Petroleum & Chemical Industry Development Plan (2016-2020)

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Development Plan (2016-2020) (Plan) the other day, aiming to achieve an average annual growth of 8% in petroleum and chemical industrial output during the 13th five year plan period.

10-17-2016 13:56:11

Analysis on propylene glycol imports and exports in 2016

Introduction: Entering 2016, propylene glycol imports increased month by month. But the volume slipped sharply in July, lower than that in June 2016 or July 2015.

09-08-2016 17:47:40

Outlook on methanol industry chain in H2 2016

From January 2016 to now, 3 sets of newly-built units, totaling 1 million mt/yr capacity operate, i.e. expansion of Shandong Yangmei Hengtong (200,000 mt/yr), matched MTG of Xinjiang Xinye (500,000 mr/yr), newly-built methanol unit of Xiaoyi Pengfei (300,000 mt/yr).

07-29-2016 15:18:47

Sluggish China formaldehyde market in H1 2016

In H1 2016, formaldehyde price in China market underwent an up-then-down trend, almost same with methanol.

07-28-2016 14:23:50

China methanol market in H1 2016 (Part Two)

In April 2016, iron ore in futures market once read above 500 points, and rebar also read a high 2,780 points. Transaction volume in futures market once surpassed the total volume of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen.

07-27-2016 09:21:36

China methanol market in H1 2016 (Part One)

Although methanol price in China slipped due to sluggish demand in mid-2016, methanol price stopped slipping and rebounded generally from January, reading about 6%-11% growth.

07-25-2016 16:51:34

Review on China methanol market in H1 2016 (Ports)

In the first half of 2016, methanol price in East China and South China fluctuated upward. Methanol price in East China grew by 7.99% and that in South China grew by 9.89%.

07-21-2016 14:34:11

Review on methanol market in H1 2016

In the first half of 2016, inland methanol market performed well, reading 4.94%-13.14% price growth. It should be noted that methanol market in Northwest China became more independent and inland-Northwest China spread shrank as demand from the new-type methanol downstream mounted.

07-13-2016 17:26:31

Low crude price will continue in 2016

Since July 2014, crude price has gone through a nosedive from over $100/bbl to $40-60/bbl for recent months. Such distinctive slump was attributed to multiple reasons.

12-07-2015 17:52:39

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