Mar 28, 2024 5:42 p.m.

UPDATE: China's Zhongke to produce PP commercially; trial at PE units

UPDATE: China's Zhongke to produce PP commercially; trial at PE units

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It is reported that Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical has successfully completed the trial run at its newly constructed PP plants and would proceed to commercial production within the month of August. 

The No. 1 PP unit with an annual capacity of 350,000 tons/year would start producing commercial cargoes on 18 August 2020. The initial output might be homo-PP yarn before the company switches to PP fiber grades. 

The No. 2 PP line with nameplate capacity of 200,000 tons/year is scheduled to produce commercial cargoes on 24 August 2020, making homo-PP injection and high MI PP copolymer.   

Meanwhile, a source close to the producer informed that the company is also planning to perform trial production at the PE plants by the end of August, however, there are no exact dates set at the time of this report.  The PE plants consist of a 100,000 tons/year LDPE line and a 350,000 tons/year HDPE/LLDPE swing unit.

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