Emergency shutdown at Iran's BCCO PE plant

28 Feb 2022 According to market sources, Iran's Bakhtar Commercial Company (BCCO) has unexpectedly shut its PE plant over the ...

24 Feb 2022

Explosion at Indonesia’s Mitsubishi Chemical injured six

According to media reports, six people were injured after an explosion at Mitsubishi Chemical Indonesia’s plant cast chemical ashes to the near-by location during the early hours on 24 February 2022.

22 Feb 2022

Vietnam’s NSRP shuts PP plant after fire

The plant has been operating at 50% capacity since the beginning of February and was initially scheduled to ramp up the run rate at the beginning of March.

18 Feb 2022

China’s Sinopec cuts operating rates at PP, PE plant on squeezed margins

In fact, the local PP and PE market has been on the weakening trend for nearly every day over the past week, and even with Chinese suppliers actively pushing for export, the total stocks at major producers’ warehouses remain above the 1 million tons threshold.

15 Feb 2022

UPDATE: Indonesia’s Pertamina and Polytama postponed maintenance schedules

Polytama therefore will also be able to postpone the overhaul at its 300,000 tons/year PP plant as propylene supply from Pertamina continues to flow until late February.

11 Feb 2022

Explosion at South Korea’s YNCC caused four fatalities

While the full extent of the damage has yet been assessed, market sources said that the company has shut the smallest naphtha cracker (No. 3)

10 Feb 2022

Heavy maintenance shutdown curtails PP availability in Asia

While PP offers have been rising due to tighter supply and rising crude oil prices, sources said that Chinese materials could compensate for the production loses

10 Feb 2022

China's Jinneng to shut PDH and PP plants for maintenance

According to market sources, Qingdao Jinneng Science & Technology Co is planning to shut its PDH and PP plants in ...

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