1、 Price trend

The factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China rose this week. This week, the average ex factory quotation price of the mainstream calcium carbide manufacturers in Northwest China rose from 3566.67 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 3616.67 yuan / ton at the end of the week, up 50 yuan / ton, or 1.40%, up 30.41% over the same period last year. Overall, the calcium carbide market rose this week, with the commodity index of 94.76 on March 5.

2、 Trend analysis

From the manufacturer’s quotation, the ex factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China rose this week: oviganone’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3850 yuan / ton, up 150 yuan / ton compared with the beginning of the week; Inner Mongolia Zoomlion’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3400 yuan / ton, stable compared with the beginning of the week; Ningxia Xingping’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3600 yuan / ton, stable compared with the beginning of the week.

From the perspective of the upstream and downstream industrial chain of calcium carbide, the price of raw materials in the upstream market was high this week. The quotation of small material is 720 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of medium material is 800 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of large material is 800 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week. The price of raw materials in the upstream was high and the cost support was good, which had a positive impact on the price of calcium carbide.

Downstream market, PVC factory prices fell slightly this week. PVC quotation fell by 2.00% from 8750.00 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 8575.00 yuan / ton at the end of the week. Compared with the same period last year, it increased by 37.47%. This week, PVC prices fell slightly, the market is general, downstream calcium carbide purchasing enthusiasm is normal, overall, this week’s PVC market has a positive impact on calcium carbide prices.

3、 Future forecast

In the middle of March, the market of calcium carbide fluctuated slightly and fell mainly. The price of raw material blue carbon was high and the cost of calcium carbide was well supported. Although the downstream PVC market has dropped slightly recently, the same ratio is high, and the downstream customers are more active in purchasing calcium carbide. In the future, it is predicted that the price of calcium carbide in Northwest China may fall slightly in mid March.