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China PP expansion intensifies oversupply and price wars

Shandong (JLC), August 14, 2025--Years of continuous expansion have left China’s polypropylene (PP) industry facing an increasingly lopsided market.

08-14-2025 16:56:02

China calcium carbide prices rebound on tighter supply, warmer demand

Shandong (JLC), August 12, 2025—China’s calcium carbide prices staged a rebound in early August 2025, primarily bolstered by tightened supply and relatively warmer demand.

08-12-2025 20:56:34

China urea prices set to sustain the downward trend

Shandong (JLC), Jun 5, 2025--China urea prices are set to sustain the downward trend next week on tepid demand.

06-05-2025 17:14:00

First bonded LNG warehouse in Zhoushan comes into use

Guangzhou (JLC), May 27, 2025--A batch of LNG was successfully unloaded into the 160,000-cubic-meter bonded storage tank at ENN (Zhoushan) LNG Terminal on May 25, marking that the first bonded LNG wa

05-27-2025 18:52:11

Shanghai Port moves towards regular methanol bunkering

Guangzhou (JLC), May 14, 2025--Shanghai Port saw a ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation on May 11, with the bunkering volume setting a new record, marking a further step in the port’s regular me

05-14-2025 17:30:49

High PE supply leads to price war, structural conflict

The growth of PE capacity wil raise PE supply further, and the high supply will spur the price war and structural suply-demand conflict.

04-30-2025 15:55:49

China’s DOP prices spiral downwards on thin demand

Shandong (JLC), April 16, 2025— China’s DOP spot prices from January to mid-April averaged lower by 24%—26% year on year, mainly undermined by weak demand.

04-16-2025 17:57:58

What does China’s energy market face amid escalating trade war?

Guangzhou (JLC), April 11, 2025--As the trade war between the United States (U.S.) and China keeps escalating, more attention has been drawn to the Chinese market. What does its energy market face?

04-11-2025 18:50:22

Toluene price in South China falls after rising in Q1 and to go downwards in Q2

Shandong (JLC), April 10, 2025—In the first quarter of 2025, toluene market price in South China fell after rising. While in the second quarter of 2025, amid the rise in toluene supply, tepid downstre

04-10-2025 15:05:17

China INE crude price extends losses on trade war concerns

Guangzhou (JLC), April 9, 2025--The price of crude futures on China's Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) continued to fall on Wednesday amid growing concerns over a trade dispute between the

04-09-2025 19:30:54

Asian toluene price robust in H1 2024 and fluctuates downwards in H2 2024

Shandong (JLC), January 22, 2025—Asian toluene price remained robust in the first half of 2024 and then indicated a downtrend in the second half of 2024.

01-22-2025 16:13:24

OX market prices go higher on rising feedstock, warmer demand

Shandong (JLC), January 14, 2025--China OX market prices went higher in early January, largely driving up by rising feedstock prices and warmer demand.

01-15-2025 09:19:24

Acrylonitrile market may warm up in mid-Aug

Shandong (JLC), August 15, 2024--Acrylonitrile market will possibly warm up in the middle of August, thanks to improving fundamentals.

08-15-2024 09:34:12

Shandong independents' run rates largely stable towards late July

Guangzhou (JLC), July 24, 2024--Shandong independent refiners’ operating rates became largely stable in the week to July 24 when some refiners’ throughput increases were countered by new maintenance.

07-24-2024 18:42:55

China moves towards regular biofuel bunkering

Guangzhou (JLC), June 11, 2024--China has seen increasingly regular biofuel bunkering since the completion of the first bunkering in September 2023, with such operations being realized at several port

06-11-2024 19:15:53

China potassium sulfate prices enter an upward trajectory

Shandong (JLC), May 29, 2024—China potassium sulfate producers were overwhelmed by floods of orders; therefore, part producers chose not to accept orders for now.

05-29-2024 16:01:20

PP raffia production rates rebound yet lack upward momentum

Shandong (JLC), May 21, 2024—The production ratio of PP raffia rebounded but lacked the momentum to continue increasing due to demand constraints

05-21-2024 00:00:00

PP powder industry lukewarm for operation

Shandong (JLC), March 28, 2024—In recent times, China’s PP powder industry maintained low operating rates amid muted market trading, though falling propylene prices had alleviated the cost pressure.

03-28-2024 15:10:41

Urea market lukewarm on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), March 21, 2024--Urea market turned lukewarm in late March on series of bearish factors including falling futures, high supply and thin demand.

03-21-2024 15:31:57

EVA market may warm up on turnarounds

Shandong (JLC), March 18, 2024--EVA market will possibly warm up from late March to May when rising unit maintenance will make supply tighter.

03-18-2024 14:42:56

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