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China benzene market stalemate with traders sidelined

Shandong (JLC), November 15, 2022--Into November, the benzene market moved sideways as a whole. The benzene market was in a dilemma of ups and downs, and traders held wait-and-see mentality.

11-15-2022 16:04:00

China’s recycled PE producers, traders issue recovery plans

Domestic recycled PE producers are expected to resume production in end-February or early March, and traders who mainly imported cargoes will resume work in late February.

02-09-2021 15:53:50

Traders are cautious amid dropping zinc prices

Prices of zinc futures on SHFE opened at low levels early last week due to rising zinc inventory, even though some bullish macro economy information provided limited supports for zinc market.

06-27-2019 09:02:05

Traders raise sales of imported latex

China’s traders were active to sell imported latex recently for fear of the future oversupply at home and abroad and slack downstream demand.

04-12-2019 08:27:42

Traders unwilling to sell NR at low prices

Traders had no intention to sell natural rubber at low prices amid high import costs of latex and sparse available spot latex.

03-19-2019 09:08:52

Operation Suggestions to PE Manufacturers, Traders and Downstream Plants

For downstream plants, it will be better for them to maintain low inventory level and purchase on a need-to basis. Since the PE capacity will increase in 2019, this will provide ample PE resources to the downstream plants.

01-09-2019 17:18:47

Polybutadiene traders will hold wait-and-see attitudes by the end of 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 11, 2018--In early December, polybutadiene market prices rebound due to the stock-replenishing purchase of polybutandiene. After that, polybutadiene market prices are likely to decline and vibrate at a low level.

12-11-2018 14:49:28

Latex traders suffered profit shrink

As expected, both domestic latex price and imported latex price declined in November. Traders suffered serious profit shrink amid the weak domestic demand, thus traders were inactive to operate and restock, and most of them held a wait-and-see sentiment.

12-06-2018 09:36:59

Gloomy imported latex market depresses traders

Quotes of domestic imported latex declined greatly recently. Imported latex market were lackluster and most market players hold pessimistic sentiment to the further market.

11-13-2018 16:09:42

Traders in natural rubber market concerns about the supply amid stable production

Shandong (JLC), October 10, 2018--In September, natural rubber production was stable in the main producing countries. Typhoons had become less frequent in China. Although there was a lot of rain in Yunnan and Hainan Provinces, it impacted natural rubber tapping slightly.

10-10-2018 16:17:59

Trader needs to grasp opportunities to take profit

08-23-2018 16:03:39

Mixed aromatics traders face sales pressure in bearish market

The mixed aromatics market was subdued, as it has become difficult for oil blending traders to invoice their oil products under the name of another product to avoid taxes since the new tax rules came into effect.

04-17-2018 18:09:23

China iron ore futures market to see overseas traders

Domestic iron ore futures market will officially carry out the introduction of foreign traders on May 4th, 2018.

04-17-2018 18:00:54

Traders were reluctant to continue cutting offers on low inventories

Guidance: The whole steel plate market kept slack in November. Traders were bearish about the future market, and they thought steel plate price would fluctuate slightly over the near term.

12-26-2017 16:32:38

The strictest environment inspection forced some blended oil traders to halt production

It’s learnt from Shandong Province Environment Protection Bureau, approved by provincial party commitment and government, Shandong Province set up five inspection groups of environmental protection, and each group monitored two cities since late March and began to carry out the inspections.

04-14-2017 18:12:28

PP powder price increased continuously, driving up traders’ sentiment

Prices of PP powder and grain in China market

01-20-2017 17:20:08

A few oil traders gain profit as blended 180CST price increases

Blending 180CST price finally saw an upturn at the end of 2016 after it vibrated at the low levels for one year. According to JLC, the theoretical profit of China domestic blending 180CST was CNY385/mt in South China.

12-28-2016 18:01:24

Analysis on the traders’ concealed profits amid the downward trend of PP powder price

The profits of PP powder companies In November, the profits of PP powder companies continued to decline although their profit rate was higher than the basic cost line according to the chart above.

12-02-2016 17:59:07

Gasoline and diesel prices keep strong at high level with depressed downstream traders

This week (November 18th-24th), oil prices fluctuated and moved upward and had evident increase over the previous week as the positive attitude of oil-producers towards the freezing meeting brought hopes for investors though supply-demand data was not improved obviously.

11-25-2016 15:16:04

IIR transaction is slack when traders keep the price firm

China domestic IIR market began to move upward since the beginning of 2016. Take 1657N for instance, the price increased from CNY11,000/mt to CNY16,000/mt; although the growth was not that high as other rubber, its stable development increased traders’ confidence toward the future market.

11-09-2016 11:14:54

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