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18 June 2024 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

In spite of the poor performance the previous day, Shenhua did not make any major adjustments in auction prices



Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 18 June 2024. 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

2116

2045

7500

$914

7540-7810

$919-952

96.6%

PP Thinwall

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

447

143

7780

$948

7780-8200

$948-1000

32.0%

LLDPE

950

950

8400

$1024

8410-8460

$1025-1031

100.0%

LDPE heavy duty

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HDPE

100

100

8400

$1024

8400-8410

$1024-1025

100.0%

*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.

 

Thanks to the rebound of the Dalian Commodity Exchange, trading sentiment on the Shenhua Auction Platform improved sharply on the second trading day of the week. In spite of the poor performance the previous day, Shenhua did not make any major adjustments in auction prices with homo-PP remaining unchanged while LLDPE saw just a CNY40/ton discount. 

As converters are reluctant to make large purchases, the auction results are likely to depend on arbitrage traders in the coming days.   

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 


Country
China