South Korea’s LG Chem lower steam crackers run rates on thin margins

10 Jan 2022 All three crackers with a combined capacity of 3.25 million tons of ethylene and 1.48 million tons of propylene would operate at reduced rates throughout the month of January.

07 Jan 2022

South Korea’s Hanwha cut operating rates at SM, PE plant on negative margins

The producer has yet to set the date to restore normal run rates at the SM and PE units.

05 Jan 2022

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Hyosung plans to restart PP plant in the coming week

The No. 1 PP line reportedly operating at normal rates; however, the outputs are used to fulfil the delivery obligations, hence the producer has yet to open any spot offer to both local and international markets.

04 Jan 2022

Indonesia’s Pertamina and Polytama to carry out maintenance shutdowns in February

Polytama will also carry out maintenance at the PP unit due to the propylene supply disruption, however, the duration of the shutdown is shortened

28 Dec 2021

UPDATE: South Korea’s UPP postpones maintenance schedule

The company started up the PP line earlier this year and the first commercial cargoes emerged in China and Southeast Asia at the beginning of May 2021.

27 Dec 2021

Market players: Vietnam’s Hyosung shut PDH plant on unspecified problem

According to market sources, Hyosung Vina Chemical has shut its propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Southern Vietnam on 24 December 2021...

23 Dec 2021

Fire broke out at ExxonMobil’s plant in Baytown, Texas

The company is assessing the extent of the damage on the plant. However, most of the chemical production lines have been shut at the moment.

23 Dec 2021

China's Sinopec Zhenhai starts trial production at the new HDPE unit

Besides, a PP line with a nameplate capacity of 300,000 tons/year is also scheduled to come online in 2022. However, there is no specific date set at the time of this report.

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