Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 1.4

1.  Anthracene Oil Market Analysis

China's anthracene oil market prices fell this week. As of now, the market price in Shandong is 4,250 - 4,300 yuan/ton. The market price of high-temperature coal tar fell again, 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, and the bid price remained low; the operating rate of anthracene oil hydrogenation market remained low, and the on-site bid price was low; the operating rate of deep processing companies declined, and most of the goods received in the market were 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 61.25 million tons, a decrease of 7,800 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 Central China have begun to be overhauled. The operating rate of deep processing dropped this week. The current operating rate of deep processing enterprises is 47.33%, down 0.8% from last week.