Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 12.28

1.  Anthracene Oil Market Analysis

China's anthracene oil market prices fell this week. As of now, the market price in Shandong is 4,400 - 4,500 yuan/ton. The market price of high-temperature coal tar fell, and the cost of anthracene oil was strong, which was negative for the market; the price of downstream carbon black market fell, and it held a repressive attitude towards raw materials. The received volume decreased compared with the previous period. The bid price continued to be low. In addition, the prices of ethylene tar, carbon black oil and other similar products are on the low side, and the pressure on actual orders on the market is great; the operating rate of deep processing companies has dropped, and most of the goods received in the market are mainly in demand. Supply and demand are weak, and the anthracene oil market is expected to operate weakly in the short term.

2.  Comparison of market prices of anthracene oil

3.  Weekly output of anthracene oil

This week, the operating rate of anthracene oil companies in some regions declined, and the weekly output of anthracene oil decreased compared with last week. This week's output was 62,300 tons, a decrease of 0,800 tons from last week.

4.  Deep processing operating rate

The effective production capacity of the anthracene oil market is about 23.7 million tons, of which 300,000 tons of units in Shanxi have begun to be overhauled. The operating rate of deep processing dropped this week. The current operating rate of deep processing enterprises is 48.13%, down 0.87% from last week.