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China’s methanol imports will be around 1.1-1.15 mln mt in November 2020, down by 100,000-150,000 mt month on month, mainly due to less-than-expected restart of international units as well
December 09, 2020
China’s methanol supply is expected to drop together with demand December 2020, because of lower operating rates at natural-gas methanol units and lower imports.
December 04, 2020
The medium-to-long-term methanol price trend in Northwest China depends on the progress of new MTO matched methanol units’ start-ups.
November 24, 2020
The price of butyl acetate in China increased by 25%-30% in 20 days from early November, especially in the Shandong market, and is still on an uptrend because of tight supply and increasing
November 24, 2020
China maleic anhydride (MA) prices surged in the period from late October to early November. Then, the price moved sideways from mid-November with some prices inching down.
November 23, 2020
The maleic anhydride (MA) demand is expected to increase in the future, as the downstream PBS industry will improve amid the support of environmental protection policies.
November 20, 2020
China propylene glycol (PG) prices surged in the week ended November 12, because of higher costs of propylene oxide (PO) and bullish fundamentals.
November 13, 2020