May 14, 2025 4:36 p.m.

09 May 2023 - Shenhua's coal-based PP and PE Auction Results

Trading sentiment on the Shenhua auction platform struggles to regain momentum on the second trading day of the week with disappointing sales results for both homo-PP and LLDPE cargoes.

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Shenhua Baotou Coal Chemical Co has concluded the auction session for its coal-based PP and PE cargoes on 09 May 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

1944

934

7160

$914

7160-7390

$914-944

48.0%

PP Fiber

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

PPBC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LLDPE

700

180

8000

$1022

8080-8120

$1032-1037

25.7%

LDPE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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.

 

Trading sentiment on the Shenhua auction platform struggles to regain momentum on the second trading day of the week with disappointing sales results for both homo-PP and LLDPE cargoes.

Compared to the previous session, homo-PP trades were slightly better partly due to a CNY20/ton reduction in deal prices but remained below 50% of its auction volume hinting at possible need basis activities. Traders expect prices to experience further downward pressure in these upcoming sessions to reflect better on the impaired market sentiment.

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