Recent price trend of calcium carbide

As can be seen from the above figure, the factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China fell slightly this week. This week, the average ex factory price of mainstream calcium carbide manufacturers in Northwest China fell from 5266.67 yuan / ton last weekend to 5200.00 yuan / ton on December 3, down 66.67 yuan / ton, down 1.27%, up 40.54% year-on-year compared with the same period last year. Overall, the calcium carbide market fell slightly this week, and there is still a downward trend at the weekend. On December 5, the calcium carbide commodity index was 136.24, the same as yesterday, down 35.81% from the highest point of 212.23 in the cycle (2021-10-26), and up 145.52% from the lowest point of 55.49 on March 14, 2016. (Note: the period refers to the period from September 1, 2011 to now)

The upstream cost support has been strengthened, and the downstream demand has declined

Judging from the manufacturer’s quotation, the factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China fell this week: oviganone quoted 5200 yuan / ton of calcium carbide this weekend, which was temporarily stable compared with last weekend; Inner Mongolia Zhonglian calcium carbide quoted 5100 yuan / ton this weekend, down 100 yuan / ton compared with last weekend; Ningxia Xingping calcium carbide quotation this weekend was 5300 yuan / ton, down 100 yuan / ton compared with last weekend.

From the upstream raw material market, the ex factory quotation of Lantan rose slightly this week. The quotation of Shenmu small materials this weekend is 1700 yuan / ton, which is 30 yuan / ton higher than that last weekend; The quotation of CMCC this weekend is 1700 yuan / ton, which has increased by 30 yuan / ton compared with last weekend; The quotation of bulk materials this weekend is 1730 yuan / ton, which has increased by 30 yuan / ton compared with last weekend. The price of upstream raw materials rose slightly and the cost support was strengthened, which had a positive impact on the price of calcium carbide.

From the downstream market, the ex factory price of PVC fell slightly this week. This week, the price of PVC fell from 9340.00 yuan / ton last weekend to 8980.00 yuan / ton on December 3, a decrease of 3.58%, an increase of 8.36% over the same period last year. PVC prices fell slightly this week, downstream customers’ enthusiasm for calcium carbide procurement weakened, and the downstream PVC market had a negative impact on calcium carbide prices.

The downstream market has insufficient power to rise, and calcium carbide fell slightly in the future

In the first ten days of December, the calcium carbide market may fluctuate slightly and fall mainly. The price of raw material blue carbon rose slightly and the cost support of calcium carbide strengthened, but the downstream PVC market began to decline slightly and the downstream demand weakened. It is predicted that the price of calcium carbide in Northwest China may fluctuate slightly in early December.