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    Methanol: short-term market will maintain gains

    • Last Update: 2022-02-17
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    Market participants expect the global methanol market to maintain gains in 2022 due to high natural gas and oil prices, supply concerns and expectations of strong demand following global production disruptions


    Supply and demand conditions improve in Asia

    Asia's supply and demand situation has improved Asia's supply and demand situation has improved

    Market participants said methanol prices in Asia are expected to remain firm in the first half of this year


    Meanwhile, port congestion in eastern and southern China could spur methanol producers in India and Southeast Asia to increase spot volumes


    Market participants expect a pick-up in market activity from mid-January 2022, when most of the term contract negotiations are finalized


    Uncertainty over European supply

    Uncertainty over European supply

    In Europe, buying interest is expected to be stronger in most methanol downstream application markets such as acetic acid, formaldehyde and other manufacturing-related applications


    OCI's Dutch methanol plant is not expected to resume operations in the first half of this year due to higher natural gas costs, the sources said


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    US market demand gradually recovers US market demand gradually recovers

      Heading into the first half of 2022, the U.


      Market participants said that the spot price of methanol in the United States is expected to rise in the first half of this year, but it may experience a slow rise from January to February




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