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22 August 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Though the number of deals dropped slightly from the previous session, results are satisfactory considering the latest hikes.



Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 22 August 2023. The following table showed the details of the auction results for prime grade only: 

Product

Auction Volume

Deal Volume

Auction Prices

Deal Prices

Deal %

CNY/ton

USD/ton

CNY/ton

USD/ton

Combined and reported by CommoPlast

Homo-PP

1646

1546

7340

$891

7460-7750

$906-941

93.9%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLDPE

1133

920

8120

$986

8250-8350

$1001-1014

81.2%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*Auction and Deal volumes are in tonnage 

*All USD equivalent prices only exclude the 13% value-added tax (VAT). They have not taken into account other costs that might incur in the selling process, i.e. import duty, customs clearances.

 

As futures contracts on Dalian Commodity remain on an upward trajectory, which coupled with strong sales results in the previous week encouraged Shenhua to lift auction prices for both homo-PP and LLDPE by CNY110 – 120/ton. Though the number of deals dropped slightly from the previous session, results are satisfactory considering the latest hikes. Sources said supply tightness might continue to keep the firming trend intact, hence, customers would continue to source coal-based parcels for more competitive pricing.

Background

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co is currently the largest coal-based polyolefins producer in China, operates under four subsidiaries, namely: Shenhua Xinjiang Coal-based New Materials Project, Shenhua Yulin Energy Co Ltd, Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co Ltd and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (Ningmei).

The company has an annual capacity of 2.65 million tons/year of PP, 750,000 tons/year of HDPE/LLDPE and 570,000 tons/year of LDPE.

Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co is active in spot trading, while also conducting the daily auction for its cargoes daily between 10AM to 12PM on the official online platform that specifically designed for this purpose: https://www.e-chnenergy.com