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China PA prices edge higher on firm costs

Shandong (JLC), February 22, 2024—China’s phthalic anhydride (PA) prices increased after the Chinese New Year holiday on the back of bullish sentiment and higher feedstock prices expectations.

02-22-2024 17:48:20

China VAC capacity to reach 3.69 million mt/yr in 2023

Shandong (JLC), November 28, 2023—China VAC (vinyl acetate) capacity will rise by 890,000 mt/yr to 3.69 million mt/yr in 2023.

11-28-2023 17:27:36

China adds 3.1 mln mt MeOH capacity in Jan-May 2023

China brings online 3.1 mln mt/yr new methanol projects in Jan-May 2023, raising China methanol capacity to 102.415 mln mt/yr in total.

06-07-2023 15:54:27

Chloroacetic acid units suffer from severe losses on overcapacity

Shandong (JLC), March 20, 2023—China’s chloroacetic acid producers suffered from heavy losses amid rising supply, as partial new units came online.

03-20-2023 17:56:23

China keeps removing inefficient methanol capacity

China has been eliminating a large inefficient methanol capacity annually since 2019. The eliminated methanol capacity will reach 2.63 million mt/yr in 2022.

10-25-2022 18:02:51

China acetic acid capacity posts uptrend on expansion

Shandong (JLC), October 20, 2022--China acetic acid capacity kept rising in late October, thanks to capacity expansion and Guangxi Huayi New Material’s newly-added unit.

10-20-2022 14:19:37

China methanol capacity to extend uptrend in Q4

Shandong (JLC), October 19, 2022--China methanol capacity is predicted to keep rising in the fourth quarter this year, given expectations of startups of newly-added units.

10-19-2022 15:30:42

China newly-added methanol capacity lower on year

Shandong (JLC), October 13, 2022--The newly-added methanol capacity in past days of the year was lower on a year-on-year comparison, largely constrained by coal shortage.

10-13-2022 15:09:22

China methanol industry chain capacity growth diversifies in H1 2022

Shandong (JLC), July 21, 2022—The capacity growth of methanol industry chain diversified in the first half of 2022, among which the capacity of acetic acid, BDO, olefin, vinyl acetate, formaldehyde an

07-26-2022 08:51:57

China new methanol capacity growth slows down in H1

Shandong (JLC), July 13, 2022—China newly-added methanol capacity growth rate slowed down in the first half of the year, but more new units may be put into operation in the second half.

07-13-2022 17:02:21

NW China methanol market impacted little by dual control policy

Shandong (JLC), May 18, 2022--Ordos Dalat Banner New Energy in Northwest China received energy-use warning notice on May 12, 2022, causing market attention again about control policy on energy consump

05-18-2022 14:16:57

China methanol capacity to rise in Q2

Shandong (JLC), April 18, 2022--China methanol capacity is anticipated to increase in the second quarter of the year as several producers will bring online their units.

04-18-2022 09:10:04

China NPK compound fertilizer import & export analysis in Mar (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2021--According to data from general Administration of Customs of PRC, China imported 106,375.81 mt of NPK compound fertilizer and exported 75,871.94 mt in March.

04-27-2021 15:24:22

China NPK compound fertilizer import & export analysis in Mar (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), April 27, 2021--According to data from general Administration of Customs of PRC, China imported 106,375.81 mt of NPK compound fertilizer and exported 75,871.94 mt in March.

04-27-2021 15:20:17

Belarusian strike exerts little impact on China potash fertilizer market

Domestic potash production is normal, and the Belarusian strike has little impact on the domestic potash fertilizer market in the short term.

08-18-2020 17:28:26

Urea prices firm on strong industrial demand （Part II）

Shandong (JLC), March 11, 2020--Urea market prices in China became stable on March 10 after a consecutive one-month rise amid the decrease in new orders, but they would still stay firm supported by the strong industrial demand.

03-11-2020 20:16:17

Urea prices firm on strong industrial demand (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), March 11, 2020--Urea market prices in China became stable on March 10 after a consecutive one-month rise amid the decrease in new orders, but they would still stay firm supported by the strong industrial demand.

03-11-2020 20:10:51

China melamine industry weekly operating rate analysis (part Ⅱ)

This week ended on December 27, the domestic melamine operating rate was down 1.52% WoW.

12-30-2019 11:39:14

China melamine industry weekly operating rate analysis (part Ⅰ)

The operating rate of melamine industry averaged 65.52% in the week to December 27. The melamine output was around 27,200 mt in the week, and the daily output was around 3,880 mt.

12-30-2019 11:14:22

Urea prices hit low on weak demand (Part 2)

Shandong (JLC), November 12, 2019--At the beginning of November 2019, China urea market price lingered at a low level amid unimproved demand.

11-12-2019 17:37:06

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