UPDATE: Chinese PP plants enter maintenance shutdown in June

03 Jun 2021 These shutdowns are not expected to impact the market substantially as some plants would only be offline for a short duration.

01 Jun 2021

China welcomes two new PP, PE plants from late May-early June

“Local PP supply is quite comfortable as new plants are coming online right on schedule," market sources said.

31 May 2021

China’s Grand Resource cuts run rates at PP plants on the electricity supply issue

In the meantime, the upstream propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit is not affected by the issue and would maintain full operating rate.

26 May 2021

Iran’s Mobin Petrochemical shutdown affects downstream methanol plants

Methanol futures contracts in China surges visibly after the news, though PP and PE buyers retain a calm stance to monitor further development.

21 May 2021

China's Jinneng to startup new PDH and PP plants

According to market sources, Jinneng Science & Technology Co Ltd is planning to startup its new PDH and PP plant by ...

19 May 2021

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Nghi Son to lower operating rates ahead of maintenance shutdown

The plant was initially scheduled to shut down in June 2021, and has faced at least two mechanical issues since the beginning of the year.

13 May 2021

UPDATE: South Korea’s Ulsan Polypropylene started marketing cargoes from new plant

The plant uses Spheripol PP technology licensed by LyondellBasell and receives propylene feeds from the nearby SK Advanced’s PDH plant.

13 May 2021

UPDATE: Newly constructed Chinese PP and PE plant started up

With these new units reach stabilized production rates, China would add 1.85 million tons of PP and 1.2 million tons of HDPE/LLDPE in just the first half of the year.

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