Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 2.22

1.  Anthracene Oil Market Analysis

This week, China's anthracene oil market prices fluctuated upward. As of now, the market price in Shandong is 4,650 - 4,750 yuan/ton. The market price of high-temperature coal tar has risen within a narrow range, strengthening support for the cost of anthracene oil; the price of downstream carbon black has risen widely, which has certain support for the offer of anthracene oil market; the operating rate of anthracene oil hydrogenation companies is low, and most of the goods are obtained based on demand; the start of anthracene oil companies continues to recover, and anthracene oil output is slowly increasing; the operating rate of deep processing companies has recovered, and there is a certain need for support on the demand side. It is expected that the anthracene oil market will operate steadily in the short term.

2.  Comparison of market prices of anthracene oil

3.  Weekly output of anthracene oil

Weekly output of anthracene oil increased slightly this week compared with last week. This week's output was 59,000 tons, an increase of 3,300 tons from last week.

4.  Deep processing operating rate

This week, the effective production capacity of the anthracene oil market is about 4.4 million tons, of which a total of 600,000 tons of units in Benxi Donghao, Sichuan Daxing Baohua, and Wuhai Black Cat have resumed construction. This week, the operating rate of deep processing enterprises has increased. Currently, the operating rate of deep processing enterprises is 46.22%, up 3.22% from last week.