UPDATE: China's Shenhua XinJiang to have trial run for new coal-based PP & PE units

According to market sources, Shenhua XinJiang Coal-based New Materials Project is planning to have the final trial run for its new coal-based PP and PE units by 25 September 2016.

Located at Urumqi, China, the company has a 450,000 ton/year coal-based PP unit and a 270,000 ton/year coal-based PE (LDPE) unit. The plant is designed to produce 1.8 million tons/year methanol. The startup schedule of PP and PE units will be following after the trial run production started successfully, on-spec cargoes are expected to be out in October.