Starting from mid-November, the overall price of calcium carbide dropped. According to statistic, it dropped by 150-160 yuan / ton, down 5.2% from the beginning of the month, but up 14% from the same period of last year. The reason that the price of calcium carbide declined: Firstly, the price of PVC continued to fall recently, down by 8.64%, and decreased 21.85% from the same period of last year. Followed by the maintenance of calcium carbide device had completed, the operating rate of device increased steadily. Supply of calcium carbide had increased, and the arrival goods of downstream sectors were more abundant, leading to the downstream companies forced prices to down.
Environmental protection pressure continued to increase everywhere, especially in the northwest region of Ningxia. It is learned that 2017 environmental quality status released by the end of November, including the environment air quality report (from January to November 24). In Ningxia, the average percentage of fine day in 5 prefecture-level cities was 76.8%, which decreased 5 days compared to the same period of last year, and PM10 rose 5% over the same period of last year. It is the only province where the average concentration of PM10 had risen.
The environmental pollution in Ningxia had risen by the environmental protection has become better in China. It is reported that all energy-intensive projects stopped production for 1 month in Zhongwei. According to statistics, 5 calcium carbide enterprises were included. At the same time, Shizuishan has opened the most stringent environmental protection measures of regulation and production.
In December, the power of environmental protection is bound to increase in Ningxia, and with a good impact on the calcium carbide market. As the environmental protection continues to increase, the cost of raw materials used by calcium carbide would continue to rise. Especially in some cities with severe air pollution, these cities might open new restriction measures of production, which would have an impact on calcium carbide and PVC enterprises in China.
Although the price of PVC has rebounded recently, the overall demand for PVC has gradually turned into the off-season. The overall operating rate of PVC would not increase drastically. The demand of calcium carbide would remain at the pre-level. It is expected that the domestic calcium carbide market would continue to steady in December, and the price would not show a trend of ups and downs.