News summary
A 9 November 2026 market notice from Longzhong Information reported stable pigment carbon black quotations from Xinjiang Bolang Chemical in China. The company listed CNY 15,400 per tonne for tier 1#, CNY 14,400 for 2#, and CNY 13,400 for 3#. These are tax-inclusive company quotations in China, not a global pigment price index or export offers.
The report put the company’s nominal annual capacity at 15,000 tonnes, described its plant as operating normally, and characterized inventories as low to moderate. These observations describe this particular supplier on the reporting date; they should not be generalized to all Chinese pigment producers. The 1#/2#/3# labels are the supplier’s own categories and cannot be assumed equivalent to grades sold by other companies without comparative testing.
Analysis of this news
For coatings, printing inks, masterbatch and polymer producers, the lowest price per tonne does not always deliver the lowest cost per finished product. Tinting strength, particle-size distribution, structure, oil absorption and dispersion behavior all matter. Buyers in Iran and the Middle East should evaluate performance in their actual formulations alongside freight, currency and procurement terms.
Related products: Review Gohar’s general-purpose P-30 black pigment and higher-tinting application candidate P-70. No direct equivalence with the Chinese supplier’s 1#–3# tiers is claimed.
Original sources (9 November 2026): Longzhong / Mysteel 1