Methanol Quarterly Business Update - Q4 2016

This report contains analysis of current capacity, pricing and profitability developments in the methanol industry over the past quarter.   The 'Key Challenges and Trends' section provides a comparison of the gas:coal price ratio which reveals that in fact, coal prices have strengthened relative to gas prices.  This means that in the methanol market, whilst all feedstock prices have been decreasing, gas based producers in the United States have improved their competitiveness.