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Iron ore prices plunge amid novel coronavirus

Shandong (JLC), February 3, 2020--Iron ore index slumped after China’s Lunar New Year as the novel coronavirus caused a serious of tight control.

02-03-2020 14:52:35

PA profits fail to improve in early Aug

OX-based phthalic anhydride (PA) producers still suffered losses in August and naphthalene-based PA producers’ profits lingered at cost line, as the overall PA market was lackluster.

08-09-2019 08:06:01

China toluene market forecast in Q1, 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 17, 2019--In the first quarter of 2019, China toluene prices will possibly rebound after hitting bottom then move sideways, affected by crude market and the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

01-17-2019 14:13:50

S.China toluene, MX prices eye uptrend on bullish factors

Shandong (JLC), January 17, 2019--South China toluene and MX prices rebounded fast from last week (Jan 7-Jan 13) due to upward crude prices, increases in East China aromatics market and rising demand.

01-17-2019 14:05:48

Acrylonitrile prices eye rangebound

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2019--The domestic acrylonitrile prices moved sideways in the week over Jan 7-Jan 13 as propylene market was in stablemate and the demand was stable.

01-15-2019 17:06:42

S.China styrene supply to rise amid opened arbitrage window

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2019--The tight supply of styrene in South China will be eased in late January, mainly because some resources from East China have flowed into there caused by opened arbitrage window.

01-15-2019 17:02:24

Propylene prices to move downwards on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), January 14, 2019--China propylene prices will decline this week (Jan 14-Jan 20) after going into stalemate for the lack of support from crude market, Asian propylene market and supply-demand fundamentals.

01-14-2019 17:23:49

NBR run rate rises in Dec

Shandong (JLC), January 10, 2019--The run rate in China NBR industry averaged 67% in December 2018, up 9.83% month-on-month.

01-10-2019 17:28:10

China MTBE Market Review in 2018

Shandong (JLC), January 10, 2019--China MTBE price saw great fluctuations in 2018, and the overall price range was higher than that in 2017. The price decreased after increasing three times in 2018 and the average transaction price from January to November 2018 was CNY6,111/mt, up by 17.36% YoY.

01-10-2019 17:24:25

Rebar market to be weak before year-end

Shandong (JLC), January 9, 2019--The domestic rebar market will keep lackluster with the coming Spring Festival holiday due to subdued demand and increased inventory.

01-09-2019 16:53:48

China Jan benzene market is expected to soften

Shandong (JLC), January 8, 2019--China benzene market will be weak in January amid sufficient supply but unimproved demand.

01-08-2019 17:35:51

Fuhaichuang’s PX unit resumes operation on Dec 26

Shandong (JLC), January 7, 2019--Fuhaichuang Petrochemical’s one 800,000 mt/yr PX unit restarted and produced qualified products on December 26, 2018. The restart of the other 800,000 mt/yr PX unit was underway.

01-07-2019 16:21:16

PX industry chain market forecast in Jan 2019

Shandong (JLC), January 7, 2019--PX industry chain market is likely to be weak in January 2019 amid increased supply but weak demand.

01-07-2019 14:11:57

PX industry chain market review in Dec

In December, PX industry chain market was weak as a whole as futures and commodity prices plunged amid slack external environment.

01-07-2019 14:02:51

South China styrene price drops continue in Q4

Shandong (JLC), December 28, 2018--In the fourth quarter of 2018, South China styrene prices kept falling, largely because of weak supply-demand fundamentals as well as dropping prices in East China.

12-29-2018 10:48:41

PTA process cost hits new high, profits eye gains

Shandong (JLC), December 29, 2018--China PTA plants gained considerable profits in 2018 as PTA prices boomed amid surged demand, and process cost hit a record high in this year.

12-29-2018 10:38:51

Asian phenol market review in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 29, 2018--Asian phenol prices saw a wide volatile as a whole in 2018, while in the fourth quarter, phenol prices slipped greatly affected by slumped phenol prices in China and weak demand.

12-29-2018 10:25:51

China OX profit analysis in 2018

Shandong (JLC), December 29, 2018--China OX producers suffered bad profits in the first three quarters of this year, but in the fourth quarter, OX profits surged amid dived crude prices and falling prices of aromatics products.

12-29-2018 10:15:19

South China toluene prices hit new low

As of December 24, South China toluene market prices hit a new low of CNY4,450-4,530/mt ($646.24-657.86/mt, ex-tank), boosted by price cut in petrochemical companies, data from JLC.

12-26-2018 17:19:29

China Jan-Oct toluene imports drop to 260,500 mt

Shandong (JLC), December 26, 2018--China toluene imports read 260,500 mt over January-October 2018, down 186,000 mt or 41.66% year-on-year due to rising self-sufficiency rate, reduced demand and pressure from pro-environment inspections.

12-26-2018 17:08:42

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