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ECU costs for chlor-alkali enterprises in Shandong self-contained power plants remain stablespinfinitycasino, Profits declinespinfinitycasino, the weekly starting load rate dropped by 2spinfinitycasino.6 percentage points to 88spinfinitycasino.26%, and output decreased to 798,300 tons.
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[Caustic soda market dynamics]
This week, the cost side of the upstream caustic soda industry showed certain stability. The ECU cost level of chlor-alkali enterprises in self-contained power plants located in Shandong remains at 2,769.68 yuan/ton. Despite this, the average profit of chlor-alkali companies in the region was 202.98 yuan/ton, a decrease from the previous level.
Further from a supply perspective, the weekly operating load ratio of Chinese chlor-alkali companies dropped by 2.6 percentage points this week to 88.26%. This led to a reduction in production to 798,300 tons, which had an impact on the balance of supply and demand in the market.