Chinese MTO producers shut plants on poor economic

12 Oct 2021 The domestic PP and PE market in China is at a highly sensitive period and any additional loss of supply would encourage sellers to keep prices firm.

07 Oct 2021

UPDATE: Indonesia’s Pertamina delays restart at PP plant

The delay has contributed to the recent torrid hikes in the spot PP market in recent days, especially on PP film grade.

05 Oct 2021

UPDATE: Thailand’s PTT declares force majeure on LLDPE output

The number 2 LLDPE unit has an annual capacity of 400,000 tons/year, which initially was scheduled to overhaul in November 2021.

30 Sep 2021

How much has the power crunch affected Chinese PP, PE plants?

Several coal-based plants initially received directives from the municipal governments to lower operating rates, however, at the time of this report, these companies have yet to execute the plans.

28 Sep 2021

Thailand’s PTT to shut LDPE line for brief maintenance in October

The producer has yet to confirm maintenance schedules at other units at the same complex.

27 Sep 2021

Media: PrefChem hopes to restart troubled plant by year-end

Market sources remain cautious about the restart schedule claiming that it might take the complex of such scale up to the second quarter of 2022 to produce stable outputs.

14 Sep 2021

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Nghi Son completed maintenance at PP plant

Demand in the local Vietnam market has yet to show any strong improvement as the country extended the strict movement restrictions until the end of September to curb the COVID-19 infection spread.

08 Sep 2021

Vietnam’s PET and PS producer suspend production on strict lockdown

It is reported that two Vietnamese petrochemical producers have suspended productions since August as the strict movement restrictions causing a significant drop in local demand

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