UPDATE: Overhaul schedules at major PP plants

13 Jan 2023 As of 12 January 2023, at least nine PP plants, concentrating largely in South Korea have confirmed shutdown schedules in the first quarter of this year.

13 Jan 2023

UPDATE: Overhaul schedules at major PE plants

With the heavy shutdown schedules concentrated in January and February, market sources are expecting lower availability, especially for HDPE and LLDPE grades.

12 Jan 2023

UPDATE: Malaysia’s PrefChem works to bring more petchem units online

Malaysia’s Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) continues to work to bring all of its polyolefins units on stream this week after more than two months of remaining offline

11 Jan 2023

Vietnam’s Nghi Son extends the shutdown period at the PP unit

The company took the PP plant offline on 31 December 2022 following an unspecified technical issue. Initially, the unit was scheduled to come back on 15 January.

10 Jan 2023

South Korea’s Hyundai to shut down, provoked by poor market

Despite the lack of details on the shutdown, other suppliers started to introduce fresh hikes on PP and PE prices, taking into account the tightening supply outlook.

03 Jan 2023

Vietnam’s Nghi Son shut PP plant after technical issues

The maker reported having sold out January allocations since mid-December 2022 thanks to the strong replenishment activities in China and South Asia.

03 Jan 2023

Malaysia’s PrefChem started up PP unit; PE lines to come online within days

According to market sources, Malaysia’s PrefChem has successfully started up its PP line after being taken off-stream in late October 2022 due to a fire incident at an interconnecting pipe at the adjacent refinery complex.

26 Dec 2022

China to welcome four new PP plants in Q1-2023

With the new capacities coming online and the softening consumption growth, Chinese suppliers might be more active in exploring the export market.

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