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South Korea’s GS Caltex stop the HDPE plant on a mechanical issue
22 Jun 2022 In a notification letter to customers on 21 June 2022, GS Caltex Corporation informed about an unexpected mechanical issue at its HDPE plant, which forced the company to stop operation at one of the lines
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20 Jun 2022

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UPDATE: China’s Zhongjing postpones the startup at the new PP plant

At the moment, Zhongjing operates two existing PP lines with a nameplate capacity of 1 million tons/year and a 750,000 tons/year propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit based in Fujian, China.
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18 Jun 2022

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China's Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical shuts plants after an explosion

The incident took place at the No. 2 monoethylene-glycol (MEG) plant that produces 380,000 tons/year; however, relevant authorities are investigating the cause of the event.
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13 Jun 2022

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Iran’s BCCO shut PE plants following electricity supply shortages

Late last week, the government has also shortened the working hours at government agencies to reduce the electricity consumption.
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08 Jun 2022

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A fire forced Sinopec Maoming to shut several PP, and PE lines in China

The producer has not confirmed the extent of the damage at the time of this report, however, sources told CommoPlast that the incidence is not serious, and the plants might be able to resume operating within a week.
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06 Jun 2022

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UPDATE: Vietnam’s Hyosung to restart PP plant in June

Meanwhile, the upstream 600,000 tons/year PDH plant is scheduled to come online in July. Once the operation is stabilised, Hyosung would be able to operate both the PP plants using internal feeds.
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25 May 2022

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UPDATE: South Korea’s S-Oil restarted the RFCC unit after the explosion

According to market sources, S-Oil Corporation has brought the residual fluidization catalytic cracking plant (RFCC) online on 24 May 2022
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24 May 2022

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South Korea’s UPP shut PP plant amid negative margins

The uptick in replenishment activities in the previous week sparked expectations that the market might have reached the cyclical bottom, but prices continue to struggle to rebound.
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