Several Chinese PP plants postponed startup amid weak economic.

13 Sep 2023 Data showed that most Asian PP plants suffer from squeezed margins, forcing many companies to operate at reduced rates for a prolonged period.

05 Sep 2023

China’s Dongguan Grand Resource postponed shutdown at PP plants.

However, the local PP market in China continued to recover from the recent plunge, hitting the highest level since late February this year.

04 Sep 2023

China's Oriental Maoming commenced operations at Phase 1 PDH, PP units.

Oriental Energy (Maoming) Ltd has reportedly commenced production at part of the newly constructed propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and the downstream PP plant over the weekend

16 Aug 2023

South Korea’s YNCC to shut No. 3 cracker on poor economic.

YNCC is among the latest cracking operators to embrace long-term shutdowns due to poor economic. In April, LG Chem took the newly constructed naphtha cracker in Yeosu offline without a definite restart schedule.

14 Aug 2023

UPDATE: Malaysia’s PrefChem switched to PP yarn grade, stabilizes PE operation

The 450,000 tons/year line was previously shut in July due to unspecified production issue.

10 Aug 2023

USA Olin resumes VCM unit production

Olin is contractually obliged to provide 50% of its VCM to Shintech’s 1.45 million tons/year PVC plant in Freeport

08 Aug 2023

China: Three new PE plants are scheduled to start up in 2023

CommoPlast reported earlier, China produced a total of 6.2 million tons of HDPE alone in the first six months of 2023 and increasingly meeting local demand

07 Aug 2023

China added another 2.6 million tons of PP in 1H2023.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, China produced 15.5 million tons of PP in the period from January – June 2023, indicating a growth rate of 4.3% from the same period last year

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