UPDATE: Shenhua Ningxia restarted PP units

According to market sources, Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group has restarted its methanol-to-olefins (MTO) unit since yesterday (6 June 2016) and their PP1 Line 1 unit has also restarted today, producing homo-PP grades. A source closed to the company informed that the company is planning to bring on-stream it’s PP 1 Line 2 unit by tomorrow and might be producing copolymer grades, while the other 2 lines will be able to restart before 12 June 2016.

Based in Ningxia, China, the company has PP 1 (200,000 ton/year line 1 and 300,000 ton/year line 2), PP 2 (200,000 ton/year line 3 and 300,000 ton/year line 4) units, and a 1.67 million ton/year methanol unit. The plant has been shut since 17 May 2016 for turnaround.