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China prepares for new wave of CTO projects as profitability rebounds

Shandong (JLC), Jun 2, 2026—China’s coal-to-olefins (CTO) sector has benefited from soaring margins amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, driving renewed interest in new CTO projects.

06-03-2026 08:22:00

Middle East conflict turns PX from profitable to loss-making

Shandong (JLC), May 27, 2026--China’s PX market has been mired in persistent losses since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict.

05-27-2026 17:04:50

China's ABS, EPS, PS show divergent profitability amid slipping styrene prices

Shandong (JLC), May 19, 2026—Recently, retreating styrene prices have eased cost pressures for downstream sectors, yet ABS remained trapped in losses due to supply-demand headwinds, while EPS hovered

05-19-2026 11:04:33

China’s EO market soften before surging in Q1 2026 but remain unprofitable amid weak demand

Shandong (JLC), April 21, 2026--China’s EO market rebounded sharply after softening but stayed unprofitable with lower operating rates in Q1 2026.

04-21-2026 16:08:22

China PSF operating rate rises, profit declines

Shandong (JLC), Jun 19, 2025--In the first half of 2025, the polyester staple fiber (PSF) industry showed an uptrend in operating rates, but profits declined significantly.

06-19-2025 16:05:00

China DOP industry gains more profits from Dec

Shandong (JLC), January 15, 2025--China DOP industry profits significantly improved starting from December 2024. The average profit in Shandong and East China regions was at CNY200-300/mt, which was b

01-15-2025 11:13:00

China DOP industry profits narrow

Shandong (JLC), May 22, 2024—Since May, the profit in the domestic DOP industry has significantly narrowed, leading to occasional losses.

05-22-2024 16:56:11

China DBP industry profits abundant

Shandong (JLC), May 21, 2024—China’s dibutyl phthalate (DBP) industry has maintained a relatively robust and stable profitability situation. Using the Shandong and Hebei markets as examples, since Apr

05-21-2024 00:00:00

China styrene downstream profits show signs of upturn

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2024—Downstream producers of styrene industry suffered from narrowing losses recently.

04-24-2024 15:03:00

China Q1 DOP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), April 17, 2024—In the first quarter this year, China’s DOP industry survived on meager profits amid the competition between cost and demand, while the severe losses of naphthalene-base

04-17-2024 14:44:56

Surging benzene prices threaten downstream profits

Shandong (JLC), January 23, 2024-China benzene prices witnessed an upsurge amid tailwinds from expanding demand and low inventory, posing a threat to downstream profits.

01-23-2024 15:03:00

DOTP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), January 11, 2024—China’s dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) industry profits were suffering pressure from high cost and dim demand, struggling with a gloomy outlook.

01-11-2024 17:39:18

China DBP industry profits analysis

Shandong (JLC), December 21, 2023—China’s dibutyl phthalate (DBP) industry saw a profit contraction since December, owing to ascending cost and shrinking demand. In light of the above, the short-term

12-21-2023 15:40:32

China MA industry profit analysis

11-16-2023 14:19:40

DOP industry’s profits on upturn, backed by falling feedstock prices

Shandong (JLC), November 8, 2023—DOP industry saw bumper profits and remained on the upturn track, backed by the falling prices of feedstock octanol and o-xylene-based phthalic anhydride (OX-based PA)

11-08-2023 08:22:38

Styrene key downstream producers see profit shrinkage

Shandong (JLC), August 29, 2023--The profit space of styrene main downstream enterprises has tended to narrow since the third quarter, and gradually turned from profit to loss, particularly for PS ent

08-29-2023 17:19:00

China DOP profits turn green on falling feedstock prices

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2023--Domestic DOP industry profits improved, broadly owing to declines in feedstock octanol prices. DOP production profit turned green and stood at CNY100-200/mt in mid-Apri

04-24-2023 16:49:10

N-butanol and 2-EH profits analysis in Jan-Mar, 2023

Compared with the upstream and downstream products, n-butanol and 2-EH products were quite profitable, with the average profits of n-butanol enterprises being CNY728/mt in March.

03-23-2023 14:05:57

China styrene industrial chain profits poor overall

Shandong (JLC), February 15, 2023--Domestic styrene producers have suffered from losses in February, attributed to slow downstream recovery after the Chinese New Year holiday (January 21-27, 2023) whi

02-15-2023 09:19:05

PET bottle chip profits double in 2022 on high costs and tight supply

Shandong (JLC), December 30, 2022--In 2022, the overall profits of PET bottle chip producers doubled in China, driven up by high costs and tight spot supply.

12-30-2022 11:02:00

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