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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

PDH-based PP margins down undermined by rising propane

Shandong (JLC), August 22, 2023--Production margins of PDH-fed PP producers moved downward in past days of August, broadly caused by rising prices of feedstock propane.

08-22-2023 15:08:30

Melamine prices continue to fall on dim demand, low costs

Shandong (JLC), May 17, 2023—China’s melamine prices continued to decrease amid tepid downstream demand and low feedstock prices. As of May 16, the mainstream EXW offer of melamine was pegged at CNY6,

05-17-2023 17:29:44

China melamine market unable to rise

Shandong (JLC), April 23, 2023--Domestic melamine market lacked bullish supports to rise despite gains in EXW offers.

04-23-2023 11:04:00

China melamine prices continue to fall on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2023—China’s melamine prices continued to fall in March amid ample supply, dim demand and low costs.

03-29-2023 15:28:00

China melamine market review in 2022

Shandong (JLC), January 31, 2023--Domestic melamine market prices saw a downward trend on the whole in 2022. The lowest price this year was CNY6,900/mt, seen in July. The highest point touched CNY14,9

01-31-2023 15:04:00

China melamine prices stable on firm cost but weak fundamentals

Shandong (JLC), November 25, 2022—China’s melamine prices remained steady amid high feedstock prices but weak supply-demand fundamentals.

11-25-2022 19:16:51

Polyether market trend to be determined by demand fundamental

The economic recession impacted the global market, including China market. The demand for household appliance, real estate, and automobile all weakened. Combined with the pandemic situation, the polye

09-22-2022 16:48:22

China PP demand undermined by power rationing

Shandong (JLC), August 22, 2022--PP downstream demand turned weaker in past days of August as the power rationing policy resulted in lower operating rates.

08-22-2022 15:07:24

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

Polyolefin market determined by fundamentals

The export value of plastic product decreased in January-April, dragging down the demand for polyolefin.

05-31-2022 15:30:13

High butadiene prices undermine downstream margins in March

Shandong (JLC), April 21, 2022--China butadiene prices increased in March, and the high feedstock prices dragged down downstream production margins.

04-21-2022 00:00:00

PET bottle chip margins undermined by high cost

Shandong (JLC), May 27, 2021--The production margins of Chinese PET bottle chip producers retreated to the break-even level in May and some producers suffered from losses, as drops in the product prices outpaced those in feedstock prices significantly.

05-28-2021 15:48:06

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

TDI market lackluster undermined by slack demand

Shandong (JLC), April 20, 2021--TDI prices have been on drops since March as weak downstream demand contributed to slack trading volume.

04-20-2021 15:14:51

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 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

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