Chinese PVC plants cut operating rates to counterbalance weak demand

06 Jul 2022 Spot carbide-based PVC traded in the local market is now at the lowest level since early January 2021 while ethylene-based PVC is at late October 2020’s levels.

04 Jul 2022

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Long Son Petrochemical postpones trial productions

Long Son Petrochemical is 100% owned by Thailand conglomerate SCG. After a decade of delay, SCG decided to take over all the stakes from other partners, including PetroVietnam and Qatar Petroleum and pushed forward with the project.

29 Jun 2022

Taiwan's FPC to bring forward scheduled turnaround on its No. 2 cracker

According to market sources, Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPC) will be bringing forward the scheduled turnaround of its No. 2 cracker to ...

22 Jun 2022

South Korea’s GS Caltex stop the HDPE plant on a mechanical issue

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

20 Jun 2022

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.

18 Jun 2022

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.

13 Jun 2022

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.

08 Jun 2022

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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