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China methanol prices rise in line with stronger futures

Shandong (JLC), April 22, 2024—China’s methanol prices increased on the back of rising futures prices and healthy fundamentals.

04-22-2024 17:20:53

Air pollution undermines methanol industrial chain operations

Shandong (JLC), December 28, 2023—The severe air pollution weighed on the operating rate of methanol units in Hebei, Henan and Shandong, as well as its downstream sectors.

12-28-2023 17:02:51

Methanol market stays firm during Chinese New Year holiday

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2023—Global methanol prices remained firm during the Chinese New Year holiday (January 21-27), and the macro environment was mostly positive.

01-29-2023 17:39:03

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

Southwest China methanol supply undermined by power rationing

Shandong (JLC), August 18, 2022--Methanol supply in Southwest China plunged in the first half of August as the expansion of power rationing caused by persist hot weather forced some producers have to

08-18-2022 14:20:29

Methanol prices pushed up by Russia-Ukraine conflicts

Shandong (JLC), March 7, 2022--Methanol prices moved higher in early March as the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine continued.

03-07-2022 17:17:32

Sinopec Yanshan switches to rail transport of MTBE into refinery

Guangzhou (JLC), March 2, 2022--Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical has achieved the delivery of MTBE by train into its refinery to ensure safer transport and cut logistics costs, Sinopec said.

03-02-2022 19:17:07

China potassium chlorine price firms up on bullish factors

Shandong (JLC), January 13, 2022--Domestic potassium chlorine market prices firmed up, prompted by bullish market sentiment, tight supply and smooth transportation.

01-13-2022 17:19:51

China ammonia chlorine market review in 2021

Shandong (JLC), November 24, 2021--Domestic ammonia chlorine market prices rose sharply in 2021, broadly following cost and fundamentals movements.

11-24-2021 17:21:54

China melamine exports analysis in Q1 2021

Shandong (JLC), April 29, 2021--According to data from General Administration of Customs of PRC, China exported 103,000 mt of melamine during January-March 2021 (Q1, 2021), with an increase of 11.83% versus 921,000 mt in the same period last year.

04-29-2021 15:27:41

China melamine industry operating rates down 0.68% on week

Shandong (JLC), April 20, 2021--The average operating rate in the domestic melamine industry read 68.82% in the week over April 10-16, down 0.68 percentage points week on week.

04-20-2021 16:31:53

Urea supply shrinks on declined operating rates

Shandong (JLC), April 20, 2021--In the week over April 10-16, China’s urea supply shrank as the overall operating rate in China urea industry decreased from the previous week.

04-20-2021 16:27:30

China urea prices to decline little on demand supports

Shandong (JLC), April 14, 2021--Domestic urea market prices are unlikely to fall sharply in the near term on upcoming agricultural demand for urea, though bullishness from India’s tender invitation has been eaten into.

04-14-2021 17:40:16

Domestic melamine operating rates inch up on unit restart

Shandong (JLC), March 16, 2021--The average operating rate of the domestic melamine plants read 67.05% in the week over March 6-12, up 0.30 percentage points week on week.

03-16-2021 17:28:05

China’s urea price declines on supply gains, bearish futures market

Shandong (JLC), March 9, 2021--China’s urea market price began to decline from February 26, and up to March 8, it fell by around CNY130/mt in total, caused by the growing output and bearishness in urea futures market.

03-09-2021 17:06:47

China melamine operating rate up 0.53% WoW (Jan 18-22, 2021)

The average operating rate of the domestic melamine plants read 57.85% in the week over January 18-22, up 0.53 percentage points week on week.

01-26-2021 16:43:38

China’s melamine operating rates down on unit shutdowns

Shandong (JLC), December 28, 2020--The average operating rate of the domestic melamine plants read 67.42% in the week over December 19-25, down 2.70 percentage points week on week, due to some unit shutdowns.

12-28-2020 17:15:48

China melamine prices rebound on operating rates cut

Shandong (JLC), December 24, 2020--Domestic melamine market prices rebounded in the week starting from December 21, as a result of melamine operating rate cut caused by unit turnarounds or shutdowns.

12-24-2020 17:03:47

China’s melamine operating rates down on unit shutdowns

Shandong (JLC), December 22, 2020--The average operating rate of the domestic melamine plants read 70.12%, down 4.40 percentage points week on week, due to some unit shutdowns.

12-22-2020 17:23:50

China’s urea prices decline on weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), November 25, 2020--Domestic urea prices began to decline from November 21 amid waning demand but ample supply.

11-25-2020 17:14:00

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