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Lithium resources are auctioned and sold at high premiums or cause huge changes in the industry

• lithium

Exports: according to Chinese customs data, in the first half of 2021 China tetrahydrofuran (THF) accumulative total exports of 7260 tons, up 207.66% from a year earlier. Export amount is $2647.62, an average of $3647 m tonnes a year.

• THF
• PTMEG
• import export

Zhejiang petrochemical phase ii 260,000 tons of acrylonitrile newly installed in mid-August formal output qualified products. Now the domestic effective total production capacity of acrylonitrile has reached 2.769 million tons/year, which means that the a

• Acrylonitrile
• Acrylonitrile industry

On August 24, the settlement price of acrylonitrile sinopec came out, executing 14700 CNY/ton, 150 CNY/ton higher than the settlement price last month, some industry insiders feel slightly higher than the expected level.

• price rise
• Acrylonitrile price
• Acrylonitrile industry

Recently, the price of "lithium" family products has skyrocketed, with some products rising by RMB 1,000-3,000 per ton each day. The price of battery-grade lithium carbonate was 115,430 CNY/ton, a new high.

• chemicals
• price soar

The quotations of upstream citric acid companies continued to rise this week, due to the large number of pre-sale orders for foreign trade, without any shipment and inventory pressure.

• Citric Acid
• market trends

The operating income of enterprises above designated size in the petrochemical industry was 6.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.9% and a year-on-year increase of 17.2%;

• petrochemical industry

According to the WeChat public account Singularity.com, recently, research teams from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and other units published important research results in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

• metformin
• anti-cancer
• research

Since the beginning of this year, international natural gas prices have continued to rise, hitting multi-year or even historical highs in major markets such as Europe, Asia, and the United States.

• Natural Gas

Recently, synthetic pigments such as sunset yellow, carmine, and amaranth have exploded frequently. The demand for natural pigments is extremely high...

• Mars
• natural pigment
• artificial pigment

Recently, according to news from AXIS Singapore, market demand for petrochemical products in the Middle East is on the rise, and market participants have to continue to cope with high freight rates and severe container shortages.

• petrochemical products
• Middle East

Recently, the latest research results show that the global titanium dioxide market is expected to reach 20.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, and it will reach 27.9 billion U.S. dollars by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of about 5.9% during this pe

• Titanium Dioxide

As long as COSCO SHIPPING Holdings is going up, Henglin will never make its mark." Recently, an investor in the stock market said so, and the "seesaw effect of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (601919) and Henglin Stock (603661) share prices? "Or du

• ports
• Freight rate

On August 17, the largest petrochemical project of the cross-strait joint venture, the ethylene unit cracking furnace of the Gulei Refining and Chemical Integration Project in Zhangzhou, Fujian

• refining project
• chemical projects
• joint ventures

The port will continue to operate the import of vessels already in port and those waiting for shipment on the 18th of this month, and the inbound and outbound container service will be resumed in an orderly manner after the unsealing on the 25th

• ningbo port
• china transport

Recently, organic silicon products have made the top chemical search rankings. Under the intensified supply tension, organic silicon products have risen to 31,500-31600 CNY/ton, an increase of 90.06% year-on-year, and the industry's gross profit is about

• chemical material
• organic silicon

On August 16, Nippon Steel Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. announced that it would increase the price of bisphenol A, the upstream raw material of PC (polycarbonate) and epoxy resin, by 25 yen/kg (about 1473 yuan) from September 1st. /Ton) above.

• BPA
• polycarbonate
• Epoxy Resin

According to Jeddah’s August 17, the global oil and gas market is expected to grow from US$4.68 trillion in 2020 to US$5.87 trillion in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate of 25.5%.

• oil gas

VHL syndrome is a rare genetic disease, one in 36,000 people suffers from this disease (200,000 cases worldwide, 10,000 cases in the United States alone).

• pharmaceutical trend
• Original drug

Exports: according to Chinese customs data, in the first half of 2021 China other glycol (BDO) accumulative total exports of 55202 tons, up 111.91% from a year earlier. Export amount is $16102.90, an average of $2.917 tons.

• BDO
• Import
• Export