Saudi’s APC to build new PP plant in Al Jubail; signed distributorship agreements

05 Jan 2021 The new PP plants would focus on producing specialty polymers used by manufacturers in the face mask, automotive, pipes, food packaging, and textiles industries.

05 Jan 2021

Japan’s ENEOS on track to restart Kawasaki cracker

The restart of ENEOS Corp’s cracker come together with three other major crackers in South Korea, which expected to ease the ethylene supply tightness in the region.

05 Jan 2021

India’s IOCL shut PP plants due to upstream issues

The shutdown is expected to curtail local supply further and continue to lift spot prices in this market in the near term.

04 Jan 2021

Three South Korean naphtha crackers to restart after months of shutdown

The restarts are expected to boost the availability of both ethylene and propylene monomers within the region.

30 Dec 2020

China’s Baofeng shut coal-based PP plant on unexpected technical issue

The restart schedule could not be ascertained at the time of this report.

29 Dec 2020

Formosa shut Point Comfort cracker and PE plants for maintenance

The company informed that it is planning to also shut the No. 1 and No. 2 olefins plants at the same location in the first quarter of 2021.

22 Dec 2020

UPDATE: Thailand’s SCG completed maintenance work at Map Ta Phut

SCG took these units offline in November 2020 for 45-days maintenance.

22 Dec 2020

South Korea’s YNCC to complete expansion at No. 2 naphtha cracker

The company took the cracker off-stream around the third week of October 2020 for two months of maintenance and expanding the capacity.

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