May 15 News - Global carbon black leader Cabot Corporation released its financial report for January-March 2026, with net profit attributable to shareholders plummeting by 27.66%. Concurrently, Cabot officially announced a global capacity adjustment plan, indicating further optimization and integration of its carbon black capacity layout in South America and Europe. Chempricehub's assessment of carbon black gives a bullish-bearish score of 1: The global carbon black leader Cabot's net profit attributable to shareholders for the first quarter of 2026 dropped sharply by 27.66%, while announcing plans to optimize and integrate its carbon black capacity layout in South America and Europe. This is expected to lead to a contraction in carbon black supply in the relevant regions, providing supportive momentum for spot carbon black prices.