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China MABS price surges on speculation

China MABS prices surged on August 21, and the increase in tax-free price even exceeded CNY500/mt in South China.

08-24-2023 17:31:53

LDPE film price records year-to-date high on speculation atmosphere

08-23-2023 15:42:17

China MTBE market gains more ground amid speculation

Guangzhou (JLC), August 17, 2022--China’s MTBE market extended gains early this week, on the strength of intense speculation fueled by rising gasoline prices and some forces from the policy side.

08-17-2022 16:20:46

China LDPE prices rise on lower supply, speculation

Despite the traditional off-peak season, China’s PE prices gained recently as supply dropped after imports plunged and there was speculation in the international market amid limited new unit start-ups, especially for LDPE.

06-29-2021 15:27:28

China acrylonitrile market becomes rational after speculations

The trading atmosphere in acrylonitrile market weakened due to the lower operating rates of acrylic fiber plants. And the acrylonitrile price decreased.

12-10-2020 11:59:58

Speculation atmosphere boosts POM demand in April

In April, POM downstream replenishment enthusiasm increased as plants resumed production orderly.

04-27-2020 17:04:21

China compound fertilizer prices move up on speculation atmosphere

Shandong (JLC), February 21, 2020--China’s compound fertilizer prices in many areas moved up this week, with a rise of around CNY30-80/mt, amid the strong speculation atmosphere. Particularly, the growth in sulfur-based fertilizer prices was much more obvious.

02-21-2020 16:45:37

ABS/PS market speculation cause by G20 cools down

In ABS/PS market, the G20 Summit broke the stalemate and spurred the market speculation greatly. The G20 Summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 30 to December 1, and this meeting showed positive signs for ABS and PS market.

12-11-2018 17:40:11

PE market price is hard to decline due to speculations from the supply side

PE prices increased after the National Day holiday. In North China, the market price of LLDPE increased to CNY9,600-9,900/mt, up CNY50-200/mt from that before the holiday.

10-24-2017 17:11:44

The prevalent speculation atmosphere can’t boost China benzene market

08-22-2017 09:11:13

PE market increased amid the speculation

On July 17th, China published that China wouldn’t take any more foreign garbage. On July 20th, LLDPE futures increased to over CNY9,600/mt.

07-27-2017 14:57:21

Growth scope of crude futures was limited amid speculation atmosphere getting pale

On May 16th(Tuesday), the speculation atmosphere caused by Russia and Saudi Arabia’s decision to extent 9 months of the output cut agreement. The price growth scope of crude futures was limited amid the failure to solve crude oil oversupply problem.

05-16-2017 17:29:22

China natural rubber market will gain on speculations

Supportive factors: First, China’s synthetic rubber market rebounded rapidly amid upcoming unit shutdowns. Second, according to International Rubber Consortium, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia will cut natural rubber export.

04-25-2017 11:44:03

SBR unit maintenance in 2017 may stimulate the speculation in the 2nd quarter

Many SBR units in China were overhauled in 2016; while how many units will have maintenance in 2017 and what are the influences? Let’s have an analysis.

12-27-2016 15:06:49

Commercial speculation in benzene market has been declined influenced by the cost line

After a long time stable development, the listing price of benzene increased slightly to CNY5400/mt, which implies the market price by the end of year.

10-31-2016 10:58:38

PE market still has potential for speculation amid short supply and hot money

China PE market went upward in the whole after the National Day Holiday, soaring from CNY10600/mt before the holiday to CNY11000/mt, and LLDPE had limited increase comparatively.

10-12-2016 10:39:35

Steel speculation obscures signals about Chinese economy

Investors searching for clues about China’s economy have looked to commodities like iron ore and rebar as a sign of industrial health. Now, speculation in the market is obscuring those signal.

04-28-2016 17:24:26

PE pipe material market trend has changed amid excessive speculations

In March, petrochemical plants pushed up the EXW prices of PE pipes materials successively amid active domestic speculation atmosphere. Under the policy of output control by petrochemical plants, traders were reluctant to sell and terminal plants raised their operation rates.

04-19-2016 10:45:13

Scarce speculations in benzene market

Domestic benzene market showed two rounds of rises in recent two weeks, however, speculative activities were still week. Market progress were mainly featured by the following characters.

11-24-2015 15:45:41

LPG speculation grows

It is also heard that production of LPG in North China will be halted or limited as required during this period.

08-20-2015 17:19:35

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