Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 1.18

1.  Anthracene Oil Market Analysis

China's anthracene oil market stopped falling and rose this week. As of now, the market price in Shandong is 4,100 - 4,300 yuan/ton. The market price of high-temperature coal tar has fluctuated, and the cost of anthracene oil is not well supported; the downstream carbon black market price has been stable, and there is a demand for raw materials to be stocked a certain year ago; at the end of the year, some anthracene oil companies carried out equipment maintenance, and the on-site supply has been relatively reduced, which has certain support for the market; the operating rate of the anthracene oil hydrogenation market remains low, and most purchases are mainly based on just demand; the operating rate of deep processing companies has declined, and the demand side remains weak. The anthracene oil market is expected to remain stable 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 58,300 tons, a decrease of 0,500 tons from last week.

4.  Deep processing operating rate

This week, the effective production capacity of the anthracene oil market was about 23.7 million tons, of which 860,000 tons of units in East China and 200,000 tons in Central China began to be overhauled. The operating rate of deep processing dropped this week. The current operating rate of deep processing enterprises is 45.15%, down 0.31% from last week.