January 15th News: On January 15th, Yankuang Group's methanol auction prices: Yankuang Guohong methanol bidding sales, starting at 2160 yuan/ton ex-factory cash payment; Yulin Yankuang methanol starting price 1850 yuan/ton ex-factory cash payment, quantity 3000 tons, all of which were successfully sold at this price. Chempricehub's analysis of methanol, long-short score: 1.5. Yankuang Group's methanol auction was fully sold, with Yankuang Guohong's starting price at 2160 yuan/ton and Yulin Yankuang's starting price at 1850 yuan/ton, indicating strong spot market demand and active buying, supporting the upward trend of spot prices. Combined with methanol MA futures data (2026-01-14), the main contract 2605 closed at 2288 yuan/ton, up 23.00 yuan, with a trading volume of 1,571,983 contracts and open interest of 823,784 contracts, showing a clear overall upward trend. This auction news reinforces demand-side factors and may further boost futures prices, benefiting market sentiment.