1、 Price trend

According to the data monitoring of business agency, the price of plasticizer DOP fell in February, and the market of DOP was weak. As of February 29, the price of DOP in East China was 7233.33 yuan / ton, down 0.91% compared with 7300.00 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month, and down 13.20% compared with the same period last year.

2、 Market analysis

According to the survey of data analysts, more than 80% of plasticizer enterprises started production in February, but affected by the epidemic situation, there were more low load operations, and the output was lower than that of previous years; however, affected by logistics, it was difficult for DOP to ship, the market was basically closed, the plasticizer market was priced or not, and DOP enterprises had serious inventory backlog.

In February, the operation of domestic phthalic anhydride plant was gradually restored, the spot supply of phthalic anhydride was normal, and the market price of phthalic anhydride fell sharply. On the DOP market negative, DOP fell under greater pressure.

In February, the octanol market fell, and octanol enterprises started to recover. However, affected by the transportation, the octanol transaction was low, and it was difficult for manufacturers to ship. Octanol prices fell, DOP costs fell, on the DOP market negative. The downward pressure of DOP is high.

3、 Future forecast

According to Bai Jiaxin, data analyst of DOP of business agency, in February, the price of plasticizer DOP raw materials fell sharply, the cost of DOP fell, and the pressure of DOP fell was great; DOP enterprises gradually resumed construction, but the operating rate decreased compared with previous years, and the supply of DOP decreased compared with previous years, but the logistics and transportation limited enterprises had difficulty in shipping, and DOP enterprises had serious inventory overstock. For the future market, downstream enterprises gradually resume construction, and DOP demand slowly picks up, but in the short term, DOP prices are difficult to pick up in order to deal with inventory. In the short term, DOP market fluctuates and falls.

In recent years, the price of rare earth in China has continued to rise. Since mid February, the price of heavy rare earth in China has increased by about 9.5%, and the price of terbium oxide has increased by 150000 yuan / ton to 4125000 yuan / ton. The price trend of some rare earth products in China is as follows:

In recent years, the price of heavy rare earth in the domestic market has risen sharply, with a rise of 9.4% in February. As of the 27th day, the price of dysprosium oxide was 1.825 million yuan / ton, or 7.35%; the price of dysprosium metal was 2.325 million yuan / ton, or 9.41%; the price of dysprosium ferroalloy was 1.8 million yuan / ton, or 6.82% in February. In the near future, the price of heavy rare earth in China has risen sharply, while some prices in light rare earth market have fallen slightly.

On February 26, the rare earth index was 342 points, the same as yesterday, 65.80% lower than the highest point in the cycle, 1000 points (2011-12-06), and 26.20% higher than the lowest point, 271 point, on September 13, 2015. (Note: cycle refers to 2011-12-01 to now).

In recent years, the price of rare earth in the rare earth market has risen sharply. In recent years, Myanmar has unilaterally banned the export of rare earth, which has led to a sharp decline in the import volume of domestic heavy rare earth. In addition, the south is a serious epidemic area, and rare earth Enterprises in the South have not fully resumed their work, the supply of domestic heavy rare earth has decreased, the contradiction between the supply and demand of domestic heavy rare earth is sharp, and the market price of heavy rare earth has risen sharply. In addition, in the near future, the demand for permanent magnet is average, and after the increase of rare earth supply in the north, the market trend of praseodymium and neodymium series products is slightly down, the on-site supply is normal, the demand for light rare earth is average, and the market price is slightly down. The price fluctuation of rare earth market is related to the national environmental protection supervision. Rare earth production has particularity, especially some products have radiation hazards, which makes the environmental protection supervision more strict. Affected by the epidemic, transportation is limited to some extent, and the price trend of some rare earth products remains stable.

According to the Ministry of industry and information technology and other documents, by 2025, the sales of new energy vehicles will account for about 25%. Global electrification is stepping into the acceleration period of high-quality models at the supply side. China’s double point policy and European carbon emission requirements have established a long-term development mechanism for new energy vehicles. Driven by national policies, the supply and demand pattern of rare earth industry is expected to further improve, domestic demand in China has improved, and the price of heavy rare earth in domestic rare earth market remains high. Recently, the Ministry of natural resources and the Ministry of industry and information technology issued the notice on the issuance of the total amount control index (the first batch) for the exploitation of rare earth ores and tungsten ores in 2020, which clarified that the total amount control index for the exploitation of the first batch of rare earth ores (rare earth oxide REO) in China is 66000 tons, and the total amount control index for the exploitation of tungsten concentrate (65% of tungsten trioxide) is 52500 tons.

Rare earth analysts of business agency expect that the recent domestic environmental protection inspection will not be reduced, coupled with the domestic heavy rare earth import is blocked, and the supply and demand pattern is improving in a good way. It is expected that the price of heavy rare earth in the rare earth market is still expected to continue to rise, and the price of light rare earth will maintain a low level.

1、 Trend analysis

According to the nickel price monitoring of the business association, on February 25, the spot nickel price increased slightly, with the quotation of 102416.67 yuan / ton, 0.75% higher than the previous day, and 20.33% higher than the previous year. Today, Shanghai nickel opened at 102040 yuan, followed by a stronger price, closing at 102670 yuan, down 0.05%. LME3 ended 1.69% higher at $12670 at the end of the month.

2、 Market analysis

Recently, nickel price has been in a downward trend, as stainless steel downstream enterprises are not fully back to work, stainless steel inventory remains high. The growth rate of new energy vehicles continued to decline, the negative growth of new energy vehicles affected the demand for nickel sulfate, and the production of ferronickel remained normal. However, Indonesia’s ban on mining and the reduction of supply in the Philippines in the rainy season have certain support for nickel price. Domestic nickel mine has a certain amount of reserves, and there is no signal of nickel mine shortage for the time being, and nickel mine price remains stable.

3、 Future prospects

Aftermarket forecast: affected by uncertainty factors such as global public health events, the global economic outlook is worrying, market risk aversion is still in the upper hand, and the downstream transaction situation is not good. However, with the start-up of factories around the world, the nickel supply is reduced, and the short-term upward pressure consolidation trend of nickel is expected.

On February 24, the hydrogen peroxide commodity index was 99.28, down 9.05 points from yesterday, 54.24% from 216.98 (2017-12-24), and 38.39% higher than 71.74, the lowest point on August 3, 2016. (Note: cycle refers to 2011-09-01 to now)

According to the monitoring of the business agency: near the end of February, the price of hydrogen peroxide fell again. On February 24, the average market price of 27.5% hydrogen peroxide was 913 yuan / ton, down 8.36% on a daily basis, down 18.21% from the beginning of the month.

market analysis

On February 24, in addition to the maintenance of a few manufacturers, most hydrogen peroxide enterprises returned to work in an all-round way, and the logistics has been improved. Due to the general terminal demand, hydrogen peroxide Market is still weak downward. Except for a few enterprises that do not offer to the outside world, most enterprises resume to offer. Although the prices of some manufacturers have risen, as most enterprises have just resumed to offer to the outside world, the overall prices are still reduced, and some enterprises have declined by more than 300 yuan / ton.

As of February 24, the quotation of hydrogen peroxide in each region is as follows:

Shandong area: Luxi Chemical 27.5% hydrogen peroxide 940 yuan / ton; price rise 100 yuan / ton.

Hebei: the ex factory price of 27.5% hydrogen peroxide of Zhengyuan fertilizer industry fell to 850 yuan / ton, flat.

Anhui area: this week, Quansheng and jinhecai in Anhui returned to offer. Among them, Anhui Quansheng 27.5% hydrogen peroxide quoted 950 yuan / ton, 350 yuan / ton lower than the previous price, Jinhe 27.5% hydrogen peroxide quoted 1100 yuan / ton, 200 yuan / ton lower than the previous price.

Hunan Province: Hunan Shuangyang high tech Chemical Co., Ltd. quoted price of 27.5% hydrogen peroxide of 1200 yuan / ton, and the price dropped by 100 yuan / ton.

Zhejiang area: Hangzhou Mingxin will not offer to the outside temporarily.

Outlook for the future

According to hydrogen peroxide analysts of the business club, in March, the terminal enterprises began to resume construction, the rigid demand increased, and the price of hydrogen peroxide could rise in the future.

1、 Price trend

According to the price monitoring of the business agency, the domestic methanol market is picking up slowly this week. At the beginning of the week, the average price of domestic methanol market was 1985 yuan / ton, and at the end of the week, it was 2022 yuan / ton, up 1.89% in the week, and the price fell 9.81% on a month on month basis, down 12.29% on a year-on-year basis.

2、 Market analysis

Products: the trading atmosphere of domestic methanol market has changed, and there is a significant volume of transactions. This week, the mainland market as a whole showed a trend of stability first and then growth, mostly around 50-100 yuan / ton; the trend of the port was more volatile, and Taicang, Fujian and other places rose 10-30 yuan / ton. The methanol to olefin unit in Northwest China started to be upgraded, and phase II of Jiutai in Inner Mongolia and Baofeng in Ningxia recovered to full capacity production. The polypropylene brand is the raw material for mask production. The inventory of two major ports in East China and South China continued to increase, with a total social inventory of 930200 tons, an increase of 14100 tons compared with last week.

Industry chain: formaldehyde: this week, the domestic formaldehyde market is in a downturn. A small number of enterprises have resumed construction, many enterprises have construction plans, the upstream methanol market is in low-level operation, formaldehyde enterprises have small order replenishment actions, the downstream enterprises are still in low-level operation, the demand side is difficult to improve, and the overall transaction is light and hard to change.

Acetic acid: the domestic acetic acid market fell this week. After entering the middle of February, the restrictions on automobile transportation between regions were reduced, and the purchase of acetic acid in the downstream was no longer restricted by regions, resulting in the market transactions concentrated on low-end purchase. The northwest supply has successively impacted the North China market, resulting in the forced reduction of the local high price of North China by 100 yuan / ton. Suppliers from Shandong and Henan competed in the East China market. This week, the cumulative reduction of 100 yuan / ton increased the market bearish mentality. However, the overall start-up of downstream industries is still low, and the substantial demand for acetic acid is difficult to grow, and the buying is mainly rational under the trend of acetic acid bearish. Although the acetic acid market has made profits, the volume is still low.

Dimethyl ether: the overall trading atmosphere of domestic dimethyl ether Market is weak this week, and the price shows signs of decline. The overall operation of dimethyl ether in China was about 7.03%, an increase of 6.19% over last week. Due to the current transportation still not recovered, the inventory removal of dimethyl ether continues to be slow, and with the current recovery of enterprise construction, but under the influence of continuous poor traffic, the digestion of dimethyl ether is slow, and the price rise resistance is still large.

3、 Future forecast

From the perspective of business community: on the positive side, the traditional downstream gradually recovers; the international device maintenance is centralized, and the import volume is expected to keep decreasing from February to March; the start-up of Northwest MTO device is improved, and the purchase volume of Inner Mongolia Jiutai and Ningxia Baofeng is increased. On the negative side, the situation of coal shortage in Northwest China has eased, and some units have been started up, such as Xinao and Rongxin in Inner Mongolia; the overall inventory of methanol plants in the mainland is on the high side; the port MTO units have been started down, Ningbo Fude has stopped, and Nanjing Chengzhi has a maintenance plan behind it. Downstream demand shows an increasing trend, dangerous chemical vehicles are gradually on the road, the market transaction activity obviously indicates that the volume and price will rise in some parts, but considering the high inventory in the mainland and the port, the space for the rise is limited. Methanol analysts of the business club predict that the domestic methanol market will show a strong trend of shocks next week.