Sulfur Wire North American sulfur intelligence

Sulfur Wire

Open North American recovered-sulfur desk: Alberta inventory, Vancouver exports, hubs, netbacks, facilities. Provenance on every figure.

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Newest reported export month 2025-09 · 386 kt · Vancouver FOB Vancouver anchor $835/t · as of 2026-10-15 Latest Outlook brief 2026-10-19 Latest desk item 2026-10-19 · Coastal China sulfur stocks edge to 1.1198 Mt on Oct 19... Latest data change 2026-07-22 · Promo and diligence surfaces

Desk

All news

  1. Alberta August sulfur stocks hold at 11.04 Mt against softer Vancouver FOB band

    AER ST3 run date 28 September unchanged while open Pacific markers stay at 830 to 840 dollars per tonne

  2. Shengyishe flags entrenched China sulfur downtrend after October unwind

    House 均差 method reads clear decline while commentary points to low-band consolidation risk

  3. September China sulfur imports collapse to 140.7 kt on customs tally

    Shengyishe republishes trade data showing imports down 82 percent year on year with YTD volume 3.06 Mt

  4. China sulfur benchmark pauses at 6,077 yuan after October slide

    Shengyishe holds the national 基准 at 6,076.75 yuan per tonne for a second session at the three-month low

  5. Coastal China sulfur stocks edge to 1.1198 Mt on Oct 19 port wire

    Shengyishe inventory tally dips about 3,700 tonnes from the 15 October print while Fangcheng and Zhanjiang hold the bulk

  6. More Shandong refineries cut sulfur lists as Shenchi drops to 4,703 yuan/t

    Lihuayi trims 200 yuan to 5,700 yuan per tonne on the same afternoon feed that carried Dongming's larger step

  7. China spot at 6,077 yuan/t tests Vancouver CFR math for Alberta exporters

    10jqka iFind spot down 575.58 yuan on the day while open Vancouver FOB and freight anchors hold from mid-October trade press

  8. Dongming refinery slashes Shandong sulfur offers as China spot breaks lower

    Liquid sulfur falls 1,100 yuan to 5,000 yuan per tonne and solid sulfur 800 yuan to 6,500 yuan on the Oct 19 Shengyishe wire

Hubs and corridor

FOB hubs, basis, and Alberta-to-Pacific export flow.

North American sulfur hubs on a polygon map of Canada, the United States, and Mexico: FOB Vancouver, FOB US Gulf, Tampa molten quarterly
Public reference mids, Jul 2026
Export flow from Alberta inventory through Port of Vancouver to China, Indonesia, and Brazil
Pacific corridor with freight netbacks

Coverage

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Export flows

Canada and Port of Vancouver volumes by destination.

Facilities

Canada producers/formers plus US Gulf and Tampa nodes.

Forming guide

Prill, granule, pastille, and slate for bulk export.

Pacific route

Vancouver-Asia transit beside Middle East chokepoint lanes.

Price hubs

Vancouver, US Gulf, and Tampa molten with year notes.

Methodology

Observation classes, PRA boundary, unit traps (LT vs MT).

Desk guide

Where to start: annuals, inventory cut, hubs, anchors, netbacks.

Units helper

LT ↔ MT and Vancouver−Gulf basis without form mix-ups.

Vancouver dock

Formed sulfur rails from Alberta remelt and forming plants to PCT Port Moody and Vancouver Wharves. Port stats: 3.51 Mt sulfur through Vancouver in 2025.

Export series · Sultran / PCT · FOB Vancouver hub

Yellow sulfur piles at a Vancouver marine terminal in rain at dusk
Vancouver terminal

NA Sulfur Outlook

Weekly public briefs by email, flash updates when the market moves · archive · series catalog.

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