China’s Inner Mongolia Jiutai to startup new PP, PE plant by Q1 2019

According to market sources, Inner Mongolia Jiutai Energy Co Ltd has successfully completed the trial run for its new PE plant on 1 January 2019.

Based in Inner Mongolia, China, the new coal-based 280,000 tons/year HDPE/LLDPE swing plant and 320,000 tons/year PP plant are scheduled for commercial production by end of first quarter this year. A source closed to the company added that they will be implementing trial production for their PP and 600,000 tons/year MTO plant within this month as well. Meanwhile, they will be producing LLDPE for main priority followed by HDPE later on.