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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

Methanol price spread keeps firm in Guangdong

Shandong (JLC)—April 19, 2022—China ports methanol prices went range-bound in April and the price spread between spots and MA2205 (to be delivered in May 2022) maintained strong.

04-19-2022 11:57:33

China methanol prices show ups and downs in March

Shandong (JLC), March 17, 2022--China methanol prices presented ups and down in past days of March amid falling crude and weak fundamentals.

03-17-2022 14:26:57

Shandong’s urea price drops on weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), August 16, 2021--The urea market price in Linyi City of Shandong Province fell from CNY2,840/mt on August 8 to CNY2,660-2,670/mt on August 13, with a decline of CNY180/mt within a week, broadly due to weak fundamentals.

08-16-2021 16:19:44

Melamine market keeps mute amid falling operating rate

Shandong (JLC), June 22, 2020--The operating rate of melamine slashed recently as many enterprises shut units down for maintenance. Besides, it was in off-peak season, thus melamine market was still mute.

06-22-2020 11:50:32

China urea price keeps falling in the short term

Domestic urea price is expected to further drop in the short term amid bleak downstream demand, though international urea price kept rising.

06-17-2020 10:55:08

April urea price drops after rising, to decline in May

Shandong (JLC), April 29, 2020--In April, the domestic urea market price dropped after rising as the demand for urea waned, and it was predicted that the May price would decline as a whole amid the aggravated supply-demand contradiction.

04-29-2020 16:16:48

Sulfur prices extend drops on weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), November 11, 2019--China sulfur prices continued to drop, amid very high port inventory, slips in international sulfur prices and weakened demand.

11-11-2019 17:13:52

Synthetic ammonia price keeps rising before National Day

The prevailing price of synthetic kept increasing currently, especially in the last week before National Day holiday (Oct 1-Oct 7). The reasons were as follows.

09-27-2019 17:32:57

China sulphuric acid market keeps weak

China sulphuric acid market prices kept falling recently and the market was predicted to keep weak in the short run.

05-21-2019 17:38:05

Ammonium chloride price keeps high amid tight supply

Up to November, 2018, China ammonium chloride price kept high amid tight supply as a whole. The delivery of existing orders could be completed in mid-December. Producers controlled their sales considering the tight supply.

11-15-2018 16:17:24

China water soluble fertilizer market steps into a stalemate

The market price of water soluble fertilizer was hard to increase in the traditional off-peak season. The water soluble fertilizer industry entered a stalemate.

07-25-2018 17:22:35

Sulfur market steps into a stalemate

China sulfur market stepped into a stalemate after the major phosphate fertilizer producers completed their feedstock replenishment.

07-25-2018 11:27:41

Sulfur price keeps declining amid weak demand

The international sulfur price declined greatly recently and the prices in China major trading areas (lower reaches of the Yangtze River) kept declining as well.

01-18-2018 18:02:17

China phosphate fertilizer market keeps weak

At the end of March, the fertilizer delivery for winter has largely completed. The prices of products in the production chain all decreased to different degrees.

04-01-2017 16:31:09

Urea industry getting support from increased PSL

People’s Bank of China announced on May 3rd that it would provide the PSL for special investment loans in the previous month for China Development Bank, Agricultural Development Bank of China and Export-Import Bank of China at the beginning of every month since May.

05-10-2016 11:22:18

Illustrations to explicate the good harvest of summer crops

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China 2015 summer crop yield totaled at 141.07 million mt, up by 4.47 million mt or 3.3% on-year.

07-29-2015 09:42:32

Flying jumps of foreign and domestic trade in China urea market

The increased power price for nitrogen fertilizer plants since April 1st enhanced production cost, thus market price jumped by CNY80/mt. The third call for bids from India brought an opportunity for market to be raised by CNY50-80/mt.

05-22-2015 17:28:11

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