Shengyishe's rawmex screen printed 6,652.33 yuan per metric tonne at the 16:00 stamp on 2026-10-18, unchanged for a second consecutive session.
The Shandong ≥99% industrial solid line in the open 现货参考价 table matched the same 6,652.33 yuan level at the same timestamp, a clean flat close rather than a split between regional postings.
Header statistics on the rawmex page continued to put the three-month low at 6,652.33 yuan, tying the weekend print to the bottom of the post-Golden-Week slide from 7,702.33 yuan holiday holds.
The three-month average on the same header read near 8,479.48 yuan per tonne with a three-month high of 9,535.67 yuan, so spot remains deep inside the summer-to-autumn range even after two flat days.
One-, two-, and three-year position bands on the page still read mid-band on Oct 18, suggesting desks treat the tape as correction inside an elevated year rather than a full mean reversion.
SunSirs' sulfuric acid reference held 1,557.50 yuan per tonne from Oct 15 through Oct 18 after stepping down from 1,677.50 yuan on Oct 14, a downstream pause that fits the sulfur floor.
Alberta Energy Regulator ST3 data through August 2026 put province-wide closing inventory at 11,042,851.4 tonnes, the verified_public block stock anchor when Pacific exporters watch Chinese spot erosion.
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority's verified_public series shows sulfur exports at 3.51 million tonnes in 2025, up 5 percent year on year, evidence the stem cleared strongly through the prior export year.
ChemPortal's open 15 October sulphur page carried a Vancouver-to-China freight row for 50-60 thousand tonne parcels at 38-43 dollars per tonne; licensed FOB grids on the same page are not redistributed here.
Middle East seaborne recovery remains uneven in open trade commentary, so a flat Chinese domestic screen does not by itself lift Vancouver bids when coastal inventories sit above 1.12 million tonnes.
Green Markets' public October 16 sulfur note said fourth-quarter Tampa molten negotiations remained unsettled while the confirmed third-quarter contract stayed at 705 dollars per long ton.
Desk read: cite 6,652.33 yuan on the Oct 18 rawmex close for spot; two sessions at the three-month low mark stabilization after the mid-October slide, not a licensed PRA weekly assessment.