UPDATE: Maintenance shutdown schedules at China PE plants in July

27 Jul 2021 In spite of the fact that many of the shutdown schedules are short, the market would still see more than 173,000 tons of production lost.

23 Jul 2021

Zhejiang Petrochemical delays delivery due to bad weather

The delay is expected to temporarily curtail spot availability in the Eastern China area, which has been encouraging customers in this region to make purchases.

23 Jul 2021

UPDATE: Maintenance shutdown schedules at Chinese PP plants in July

Data on the domestic PP production proportion based on grade showed that during the second week of July, homo-PP yarn production fell about 10.2% to 28.14% of the total PP output in the country.

22 Jul 2021

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Hyosung to bring PDH and second PP plant online in August.

Vietnam’s Hyosung Vina Chemicals Co Ltd is on track to bring Phase 2 of the petrochemical complex in Vietnam online this August, which houses a PDH unit and the second PP line.

22 Jul 2021

Thailand’s PTT to shutdown HDPE plant for maintenance

Within Southeast Asia, three other producers namely Malaysia Lotte Chemical Titan and Petronas, and Singapore's Chevron Phillips are also having maintenance schedule at HDPE plants.

16 Jul 2021

Two Chinese PE producers switch to HDPE production amid butadiene tightness

At least two Chinese PE producers have switched production this week to HDPE grades claiming the rising butadiene costs and limited availability that hurdle the production for LLDPE.