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Styrene unit operating rate up, while port inventory down

Shandong (JLC), September 6, 2023--Styrene unit operating rate increased lately, partly because of start-up of newly-added units, but port inventory dropped resulting from falling arrivals.

09-06-2023 16:46:59

China MEG port inventory keeps high in 2022

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2023—China MEG inventory in 2022 was higher than that in 2021, as domestic production increased while demand remained tepid.

01-29-2023 17:45:39

Acetone port inventory falls to lowest level since February

Shandong (JLC), September 19, 2022--The price of acetone in East China changes with port inventories, showing a positive correlation. Since September, the acetone port storage consumed smoothly.

09-19-2022 13:35:00

China’s MEG prices fall on high port inventory, weak demand in Jun 17-23

Shandong (JLC), June 29, 2022--China's MEG prices fell amid high port inventory and weak demand in June 17-23.

06-29-2022 16:20:38

High OX imports drive up port inventory

China’s OX imports increased in May amid the open of arbitrage window between domestic and oversea markets, resulting in build-up in port OX inventory.

07-08-2020 15:30:55

Methanol port inventory to stay high

Shandong (JLC), December 17, 2019--Methanol port inventory is likely to stay at a high level in the short run as imported cargoes will keep arriving but the demand will be limited.

12-17-2019 16:45:29

Methanol prices remain low on high-level port inventory (Part II)

Shandong (JLC), August 28, 2019--Methanol prices remained low and failed to rebound much, as port inventory remained at a high level.

08-28-2019 16:49:51

Methanol prices remain low on high-level port inventory (Part I)

Shandong (JLC), August 28, 2019--Methanol prices remained low and failed to rebound much, as port inventory remained at a high level.

08-28-2019 16:43:57

Methanol port inventory remains high amid slowed-down destocking

Shandong (JLC), August 19, 2019--Methanol inventory at ports continued rising in the second week of August (August 12-August 16), as producers’ destocking activities had slowed down.

08-19-2019 16:44:41

High port inventory to raise operation risk in sulfur market

The sulfur market price is likely to increase in the future amid tight supply and stronger demand. However, the high inventories at ports will lead to operation risk.

06-27-2018 17:51:59

China iron ore port inventory eyes small drops

Iron ore stockpiles at China’s 45 ports pegged at 151.82 million mt on January 23rd, dipping by 1.79 million mt from January 19th.

01-24-2018 18:06:16

Will iron ore bear market come amid the high port inventory?

As the largest iron ore consumer, China had great demand from foreign mines, leading to the more iron ore stocks at ports.

05-24-2017 11:36:09

Steam coal prices are predicted to drop amid the unrecovered port inventory

With the production resumption of coal enterprises, pithead coal inventory grew slowly and the tight supply situation that emerged in March got changed. Unit maintenance of power plants was still in the progress and they held weak purchasing intentions.

04-25-2017 10:06:40

Thermal coal demand continues falling with port inventory division

During the period of April 3rd-7th, affected by Daqin railway maintenance, inbound resource volume at ports nudged down. Owing to the bad weather, partial ports around Bohai closed navigation with handling capacity moving with mixed trend and port inventory fluctuated.

04-11-2017 13:48:57

Iron ore port inventory breaks a record high of 129 mln mt

Iron ore prices kept at a high level and continued to rise by 20% over January-February, 2017, which was roughly doubled over the same period of last year. Up to February 17th, the total iron ore inventory at nationwide ports surpassed 129 million mt

03-02-2017 17:46:38

Port inventory of methanol decline continuously in China

Data showed that by March 4th, 2016, social inventory in East China and South China has totaled 429,000 mt, down by 3.6% from last week.

03-07-2016 15:48:44

Qinhuangdao Port inventory rises rapidly

Power plants used to rush to pick up a cargo of coal in the second half of September before the maintenance starts, which would boost coal freight rates and shipping volume. However, it did not happen this year.

10-09-2015 16:36:34

China Declining Styrene Port Inventory Might Impel falling Price to Stop

Recently, the price of international crude and naphtha slumped, so did the price of benzene and styrene in Asia and the US. Currently, the whole chemical market is slack and styrene market in East China could be no exception.

10-17-2014 17:37:56

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