The price of carbon black giant North America rises again, and the cost of domestic carbon black is under pressure or rising

August 31, 2021

In August, affected by the tight supply of raw coal and the limited production of coke enterprises, the domestic high-temperature coal tar supply continued to be tight, and the overall coal tar market fluctuated upward. As of today, the high ex factory prices of coal tar in Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei, the main carbon black producing areas, are 4176, 4185 and 4187 yuan / ton respectively. At present, the supply and demand of domestic high-temperature coal tar market is well supported, and problems such as raw coal procurement and limited start-up of coke enterprises are difficult to improve in the short term. With the support of downstream deep processing enterprises, it is predicted that coal tar may continue to operate at a high level.

In August, the downstream demand for carbon black was low, and carbon black enterprises controlled their inventory based on sales. This week, the market fed back that most of the shipments of carbon black manufacturers in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, Shahe, Hebei, Hejin / Taiyuan, Shanxi and Dezhou, Shandong were new products, and the inventory control effect of mainstream carbon black manufacturers was obvious.

At present, the price of coal tar continues to be high, and the cost of carbon black enterprises is obviously under pressure. The loss of mainstream carbon black manufacturers is expanding this month. Under the expectation that coal tar continues to be high, the market has heard that mainstream carbon black manufacturers will increase the price in September by 200-300 yuan / ton.

Industry information

Recently, Orion engineered carbons announced that it plans to increase the price of all carbon black products in the North American market. From September 15, the basic price of carbon black and environmental surcharge will be increased by US $0.08 per pound (equivalent to about US $176 per ton), or implemented according to the customer's contract. Just a month ago, the company raised the average price of all rubber carbon black products sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by US $130 / ton.

Orion said that the price increase is related to the increase in operating costs caused by the installation of emission control systems and the cost required to maintain service levels. In addition, eurilon will also adjust service fees, payment terms and volume discounts to reflect higher logistics costs, commitment capital and reliability expectations, This will further improve the safety and sustainability of carbon black production process.

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