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12-16 10:37

On December 16, 2025, my country's first mass-production biomethanol project was fully completed and put into operation. The project will deploy 30000m³ methanol finished tanks and special loading and unloading berths in Zhanjiang Port, realizing a one-hour closed loop of "production-storage-transportation". It has also built a "same day delivery" network for ship filling in the Greater Bay Area. It is the closest layout point for domestic green methanol exports to Singapore and other international ports. Its life-cycle carbon emissions can be reduced by more than 85% compared with traditional fossil fuels. It provides a feasible solution for decarbonizing the shipping industry.

12-16 10:35

【Titanium Dioxide】

Tianyuan announced on December 12 that Yibin Tianyuan Haifeng Hetai Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, will implement an overall upgrade of intelligent manufacturing on the first and second phases of titanium dioxide production equipment, with a total investment of 185 million yuan and a construction period of three years.

12-16 10:32

【Natural rubber】

On December 16, the market for natural rubber raw materials in Thailand's producing areas rose steadily: cigarette tablets reported 60.25 baht/kg, stable; glue reported 55.50 baht/kg, stable; cup glue reported 51.50 baht/kg, up 0.25 baht/kg.

12-16 10:31

【Soybean Oil】

Data released by the National Association of Oilseed Processors (NOPA) showed that as of the end of November, its member companies 'soybean oil inventories were 1.513 billion pounds, an increase of 15.95% from the end of October and a year-on-year increase of 39.58%.

12-16 10:19

Colaibo (Inner Mongolia) Technology Co., Ltd. has a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan in the intelligent manufacturing project of the entire industry chain of fluorine-containing fine chemicals, covering an area of 266 acres, with an average investment of 15 million yuan per mu. The construction period is 20 months. It mainly builds production lines for high-performance new materials such as fluorobenzene, o-fluorotoluene, o-fluorobenzoyl chloride, and p-fluorotoluene with an annual output of 21,200 tons and supporting public and auxiliary facilities, mainly used for lithium battery additives, pharmaceuticals, pesticide intermediates and other fields will officially start in April 2025, and 60% of the overall progress has been completed. It is expected to be completed in November 2026 and put into production in December 2026.

12-16 10:19

Mexico will impose additional tariffs on imports from countries without a Free Trade Agreement (TLC) starting from January 1, 2026. The tax rate will be increased from 0-20% to 10%-50%, covering textiles and clothing, footwear and leather, plastic products, toys, furniture, etc. About 17 industries. In the field of textiles and clothing, an additional 25% tariff on imported goods was imposed, increasing from the original 10% to 35%.

12-16 10:14

Recently, China Petrochemical invested 938 million yuan in the construction of a new material chemicals project in the northwest region is planned to be put into operation in 2027. After being put into operation, it will form an annual production capacity of 220,000 tons of 1,4-butanediol and 150,000 tons of polytetrahydrofuran, providing raw material guarantee for the Ningdong base to build a "China Spandex Valley".

12-16 10:13

Recently, the German Federal Parliament passed an amendment to the New Psychoactive Substances Act, banning the production of pure products or 1,4-butanediol preparations with a concentration exceeding 20%, retaining only its legal use in the industrial, scientific research and medical fields. The bill is expected to officially take effect in April 2026.

12-16 10:07

The U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows that from November 14 to 20, 2025, the U.S. net land cotton export contract volume for 2025/26 was 33,700 tons, a decrease of 20.7% from the previous week and a decrease of 14.2% from the average of the previous four weeks. Shipments were 27,400 tons, an increase of 6.6% from the previous week and a decrease of 15.2% from the average of the previous four weeks.

12-16 09:30

【Lithium hydroxide】

Russia's Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) has launched Russia's first "super factory" of lithium-ion energy storage devices with an annual production capacity of 4GWh.

12-16 09:28

On December 15, Mitsui Chemical announced that its subsidiary Kumho Mitsui Chemical had decided to add 100,000 tons/year of MDI production facilities at the Yeosu Plant in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The production capacity will increase from 610,000 tons/year to 710,000 tons/year./year, the project will start in February 2026 and be completed in May 2027.

12-16 09:26

【Diethylene glycol】

From December 12 to 14, the total shipment of diethylene glycol in Zhangjiagang's two reservoir areas was 4826 tons, and the average daily shipment over the weekend was about 1609 tons. As of now, the inventory of the two warehouses is 37,600 tons.

12-16 09:16

Data released by the shipping survey agency showed that Malaysia's palm oil exports fell by 15.9% to 16.4% month-on-month in the first half of December.

12-16 09:08

Shudao Equipment (300540.SZ) announced on December 15 that the company won the bid for the Rumuji natural gas liquefaction facility project in Nigeria of Greenville liquefied natural gas Co., Ltd., with a winning bid value of US$64.86 million (approximately RMB 458 million).

12-16 09:08

On December 15, the total inventory of domestic soda ash manufacturers was 1.533 million tons, an increase of 38,700 tons or 2.59% from last Thursday; of which, the inventory of light soda ash was 717,100 tons, and the inventory of heavy soda ash was 815,900 tons.

12-16 09:03

【Lithium carbonate】

Rio Tinto has given up control of nearly 150,000 hectares of land in Western Australia and is preparing to sell its discontinued Mt Cattlin lithium mine.

12-16 08:57

On December 15, Luoyang Molybdenum announced its announcement on the acquisition of gold mines: the company will acquire Canadian mining company Equinox Gold Corp.'s three gold mines in Brazil for a total consideration of US$1.015 billion (approximately RMB 7.153 billion). 100% interest in the assets (one of which includes two gold mines).

12-16 08:49

According to a survey by the National Cotton Market Monitoring System, as of the beginning of December 2025, the average number of days in which cotton stocks were used by the surveyed enterprises was approximately 38.7 days, a decrease of 0.1 days month-on-month and an increase of 3.7 days year-on-year. It is estimated that the national cotton industry inventory is approximately 848,000 tons, a month-on-month decrease of 0.2%, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%.

12-16 08:48

Li Changrong (Huizhou) High-tech Materials Co., Ltd.'s 50,000-ton/year styrene butadiene rubber plant will be stopped for maintenance from December 8, 2025.

12-16 08:47

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in November 2025, China's crude steel output was 69.87 million tons, down 10.9% year-on-year; pig iron output was 62.34 million tons, down 8.7% year-on-year; and steel output was 115.91 million tons, down 2.6% year-on-year. 1-11 In March, China's crude steel output was 891.67 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.0%; pig iron output was 774.05 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.3%; and steel output was 1.33277 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%.

12-16 08:47

The Indonesian government plans to impose a tariff of 1% to 5% on coal exports starting in 2026.

12-16 08:46

【Crude oil】

On the 15th, it was learned from PetroChina Yunnan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. that it has processed more than 88 million tons of crude oil in the eight years since it was put into operation, achieving a total industrial output value of more than 499 billion yuan. In November 2025, the China-Laos railway export channel was opened, and currently export products have covered neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Laos.

12-16 08:46

China Iron and Steel Association: In early December 2025, key statistics show that steel companies produced a total of 18.69 million tons of crude steel, with an average daily production of 1.869 million tons, a daily production increase of 2.8% month-on-month; pig iron was 17.14 million tons, with an average daily production of 1.714 million tons, a daily production decrease of 3.4% month-on-month; Steel was 18.29 million tons, with an average daily production of 1.829 million tons, and the daily production decreased by 12.1% month-on-month. Based on this estimate, the country's daily production of crude steel was 2.28 million tons, a month-on-month increase of 5.3%, the daily production of pig iron was 2.09 million tons, a month-on-month increase of 0.2%, and the daily production of steel was 3.87 million tons, a month-on-month decrease of 5.4%. Affected by fluctuations in the data of some large enterprises and the centralized warehousing and settlement of some enterprises at the end of last month, the daily output of steel during the current ten-day dropped significantly. After excluding the impact of warehousing and settlement, the daily output of steel during the current ten-day dropped by 10.7% month-on-month.

12-16 08:44

【Crude oil】

On Monday, December 15, Bank of America expects that the average price of Brent crude oil in 2026 will be US$60 per barrel; the average price of WTI crude oil in 2026 will be US$57 per barrel.

12-16 08:43

On December 16, Lihua Yiweiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd.'s latest offer was 6600 yuan/ton, an increase of 30 yuan/ton from the previous trading day.

12-16 08:43

【Crude oil】

On Monday, December 15, a preliminary survey showed that U.S. crude oil inventories may fall last week, while distillate and gasoline inventories may increase. On average, the three analysts surveyed estimated that U.S. crude oil inventories would decrease by approximately 220,000 barrels in the week ending December 12. Distillate inventories, including diesel and heating oil, are expected to increase by approximately 2.1 million barrels last week, and gasoline inventories are also estimated to increase by approximately 2.1 million barrels.

12-16 08:42

On December 15, the national building materials transaction volume was 101,200 tons, an increase of 10,700 tons from the previous day, and the average daily transaction volume of building materials increased slightly.

12-16 08:38

On December 15, international crude oil futures closed down. The January contract settlement price of U.S. WTI crude oil futures was reported at US$56.82/barrel, a decrease of US$0.62 or 1.1%. The settlement price of Brent crude oil futures for February contract was reported at US$60.56/barrel, a decrease of US$0.56 or 0.9%.

12-16 08:36

Japan's AGC Corporation announced that its fluoropolymer Fluon® PTFEG-grade powder product made from waste recycled fluorite has successfully obtained UL2809 environmental declaration verification. This is the first time that fluoropolymer PTFE has passed this certification globally, marking an important breakthrough in the field of resource recycling in the fluorine chemical industry.

12-16 08:34

【Non-ferrous metals】

On December 15, Korea Zinc announced that it had reached a cooperation with the U.S. government to jointly invest in the construction of a large smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. Currently, there is only one major zinc smelter in the United States, operated by Nyrstar USA, a unit of commodity trader Trafigura Group. According to a statement from Korea Zinc, Nyrstar plans to sell the plant to Korea Zinc for an undisclosed amount.

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