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PP powder prices stalemate again, hard to gain new ground

Shandong (JLC), October 31, 2023-- China PP powder prices were bogged down in a stalemate moving into October on account of the flat downstream demand and thin profits of PP powder.

10-31-2023 14:21:06

Sinopec Jinling successfully exports hard-grade asphalt to AU

Guangzhou (JLC), June 27, 2023--Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical successfully exported 3,000 mt of hard-grade asphalt to Australia on June 22, Sinopec reported on its official website on June 27.

06-27-2023 17:40:57

China PP powder prices hard to rise on market competition

China PP powder market may face slow development in the future due to multiple factors.

04-24-2023 17:08:25

China polyether price hard to rise on weak demand

China polyether price is hard to increase. The demand for polyether is hard to increase in China, and the sales were limited, leading to a downtrend in polyether market. The export volume was average

07-27-2022 17:45:53

Unit shutdowns at Sinopec Shanghai hardly disturb supply

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical shut down its crude distillation units (CDUs) #1 and #2 after a glycol unit fire occurred at 4:28 a.m. on June 18 while the region’s oil product supply is unaffected.

06-23-2022 18:44:44

China PE market hard to rise in Jun

It is predicted that China PE market will not improve greatly in the future, and the reasons are as follows.

06-08-2022 17:52:52

China PE prices hard to rise amid macro factors

China PE market is expected to rebound after the pandemic situation is well controlled, but the uptrend can not repeat the continuous uptrend in 2020.

04-26-2022 17:00:02

UPR price hard to increase on pandemic pressure

In January, the UPR prices kept range-bound due to the cold weather and recurrence of pandemic, though the prices of feedstock products all increased.

01-21-2021 17:25:10

Compound fertilizer prices hardly rise on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), August 19, 2020--It was difficult for compound fertilizer market price to rise notably in lack of cost, demand and sentiments supports.

08-19-2020 13:35:41

Synthetic rubber market hardly to continue rebounding

Shandong (JLC), April 17, 2020--China’s SBR and polybutadiene market rebounded recently, but the upward trend can hardly be persistent amid weak downstream demand and falling butadiene prices.

04-17-2020 16:19:09

Crude price hardly to rebound amid falling demand

Shandong (JLC), March 23, 2020--International crude price fluctuated at deep water over March 16-19 as COVID-19 worsened in globe and oil demand expectation plunged.

03-23-2020 17:01:48

The U.S.-Iran conflict hardly influences polybutadiene import

Shandong (JLC), January 16, 2020--China’s polybutadiene market was not affected by the U.S.-Iran conflict amid domestic low polybutadiene imports and exports from and to the U.S. and Iran.

01-16-2020 10:58:03

SBR market can hardly rise in Jan amid stable supply

Shandong (JLC), January 9, 2020-- There were 11 ESBR producers in China in December 2019, including 2 producers in North China, 4 producers in East China，2 producers in South China, 2 producers in Northeast and a producer in Northwest, with total capacity of 1.47 million mt/yr.

01-09-2020 17:23:42

Carbon black supply hardly to rise

Shandong (JLC), December 18, 2019--Both the supply and demand in the carbon black market decreased in January-November 2019. The carbon black market would be influenced by factors as follows.

12-18-2019 15:02:01

SBS hardly to rebound in Q4 amid oversupply (Part 2)

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2019--China SBS market price rebounded in various degrees recently after that bottomed out periodically. Most plants were oversold or held low inventory, and main producers controlled supply, leading to the bullish sentiments in the market.

12-17-2019 15:20:46

SBS hardly to rebound in Q4 amid oversupply (Part 1)

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2019--China SBS market price rebounded in various degrees recently after that bottomed out periodically. Most plants were oversold or held low inventory, and main producers controlled supply, leading to the bullish sentiments in the market.

12-17-2019 15:15:56

Hard rubber prices keep firm on tight supply

At the beginning of mid-November, ABS and PS market prices kept firm on tight supply, whole styrene prices declined further.

11-14-2019 10:01:14

Tire operating rate hardly rises amid heavy pollution

Shandong (JLC), October 31, 2019--The overall operating rates of tire industry were low till October 8.

10-31-2019 08:21:20

Carbon black price hard to rise on weak demand

China’s carbon black producers intended to raise prices during the National Day holiday (October 1-7, 2019). However, the carbon black price could hardly rise due to limited downstream demand.

10-10-2019 16:53:56

SBR prices hardly rise on weak demand

Shandong (JLC), August 14, 2019--The SBR market was slack amid decreasing demand as some downstream tire plants had to shut down affected by the typhoon “Lekima” despite the high feedstock butadiene prices.

08-14-2019 17:38:16

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