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Thailand’s IRPC halts PP offers amid partly maintenance, tightening supply outlook
03 Nov 2026 Thailand’s IRPC Public Company Limited has suspended export offers across all PP grades for November as an extended shutdown at its PP lines and reduced operating rates across its remaining units in Rayong province severely curtail merchant availability, according to market sources.
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03 Nov 2026

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Fire broke out at HPCL’s Visakhapatnam refinery; No casualties reported

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) extinguished a late-night fire at an intermediate sulphur pitch storage tank inside its Visakhapatnam refinery on Monday without casualties or disruption to core refining units. Production continues normally across the complex.
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02 Nov 2026

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Formosa Plastics USA declares force majeure on select PE grades after Point Comfort shutdown

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. has declared force majeure on select PE products following an unforeseen operational incident and unscheduled asset shutdown at its Point Comfort petrochemical complex in Texas. Supply availability now hinges on the undisclosed restart timeline.
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02 Nov 2026

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China’s BASF plans production switch at Zhanjiang site to capture domestic margin premium

China’s BASF is preparing to switch production at its PE swing plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province.
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02 Nov 2026

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China PP final quarter maintenance wave gathers pace, with November set for heaviest production losses

China's PP industry is in its heaviest maintenance quarter of 2026, with scheduled shutdowns expected to remove a significant amount of production capacity.
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27 Oct 2026

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H&L Advanced discontinues commodity HDPE film and yarn grades amid severely curtailed Daesan operations

South Korea’s H&L Advanced is permanently discontinuing production of its commodity HDPE film and HDPE yarn grades at its Daesan complex, narrowing its HDPE portfolio strictly to specialty cap and injection-moulding materials.
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23 Oct 2026

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Thailand’s SCG schedules one-month Map Ta Phut cracker overhaul in Q4 2026

Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) will shut its Map Ta Phut Olefins Co. (MOC) naphtha cracker for one month of maintenance in November, with operations scheduled to resume in mid-December 2026.
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22 Oct 2026

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China’s PE market braces for year’s biggest maintenance wave in Q4

The unusually heavy maintenance programme coincides with delayed commissioning at four major greenfield complexes
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