South Korea’s UPP completed maintenance works at Ulsan PP plant

18 Jan 2024 The company has resumed offering spot offers for February loading this week, with homo-PP yarn surfacing in Vietnam

18 Jan 2024

Formosa shut PVC plants in the US as winter storm hit

Sources close to the producer said both of the units are expected to remain shut until the notice is lifted.

09 Jan 2024

Vietnam’s BSR to shut PP plant for routine maintenance

According to market sources, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR) is scheduled to shut its sole PP plant in Central Vietnam this March for the fifth major maintenance round.

09 Jan 2024

Three Saudi Arabia producers to shut PP plants in the first quarter of 2024

Market participants expect these shutdowns to curtail availability throughout the first month of 2024, which couple with the rising shipping costs would counterbalance

04 Jan 2024

Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical plans maintenance for LLDPE units

Simultaneously, the company has outlined a maintenance schedule for its No. 2 LLDPE unit, which also boasts a 400,000 mt/year capacity.

03 Jan 2024

India’s Bharat Petroleum to invest $606 million to build new PP plant

. With an estimated cost of 50.44 billion rupees ($606 million), the project aims to meet the rising demand for petrochemical products in India.

29 Dec 2023

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Long Son successfully started up steam cracker; downstream units to follow suit

According to an official statement from Long Son Petrochemical, the company has successfully started up the mixed feed cracker in the Southern province of Vietnam on 27 December 202

27 Dec 2023

China’s Qilu Petrochemical shut cracker and downstream units after fire

According to market sources, Qilu Petrochemical has reportedly taken the entire complex in Shandong, China offline after a fire hit the naphtha cracker on-site on 23 December 2023.

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