Weekly Review of Anthracene Oil 8.15

1. Analysis of Anthracene Oil Market

Domestic anthracene oil market prices continued to decline this week. Up to now, the market price in Shandong is 4,050 - 4,100 yuan/ton, and the market price in Shanxi is 4,000 - 4,050 yuan/ton. The decline in the market price of high-temperature coal tar has widened, and the cost support is weak and brings a new round of negative sentiment; the market price of coal tar asphalt, the main downstream product, is still declining. Manufacturers have strong intention to hold prices, and the decline has narrowed. The overall operating rate of deep processing is low, and there is no enthusiasm for purchasing raw materials; the downstream carbon black market price is rising steadily, and some areas have increased within a narrow range. The mentality of stocking raw material anthracene oil is more cautious; the anthracene oil hydrogenation market is relatively stable, and most purchases are mainly based on just 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

Anthracene oil output was low this week, with this week's output of 53,000 tons, down 0,500 tons from last week.

4. Deep processing operating rate

This week, the effective production capacity of the anthracene oil market was about 24.3 million tons, with a total of 150,000 tons in Shandong, 600,000 tons in Shanxi, and 150,000 tons in Guangxi. However, the operating load of the company was slightly insufficient. Shanxi's 300,000 tons and Hebei's 300,000 tons of equipment were suspended for maintenance. The operating rate of deep processing enterprises dropped slightly this week. The current operating rate of deep processing enterprises is 44.5%, down 0.4% from last week.