CMAI的顾问James Crocco在美国举行的世界甲醇大会上发言时警告说,全球甲醇行业再次迈向了非常疲软的时期。据预测,1999年到2004年间甲醇生产装置的开工率将保持在75%左右,而成本更低的新建甲醇生产设施将意味着全球甲醇价格将不会有起色。 Crocco的预测考虑了那些已经关或即将关闭的生产设施,但还没有 CMAI advisor James Crocco, speaking at the World Methanol Congress in the United States, warned that the global methanol industry is once again in a very weak period. It is predicted that the operating rate of methanol production facilities will remain at around 75% between 1999 and 2004, and the new methanol production facilities with lower costs will mean that global methanol prices will not improve. Crocco’s forecast takes into account those production facilities that are already closed or are about to close, but they have not yet