Indonesia’s Lotte Chemical Titan to shut PE plant in September

12 Jun 2023 According to market sources, PT Lotte Chemical Titan Nusantara is planning to take its entire PE plant in Cilegon, Indonesia offline in September

07 Jun 2023

India’s MRPL sets its sights on petchem expansion

The motive of the expansion is to diversify the portfolio of the company by having a wide range of products

07 Jun 2023

China’s Sinopec mulls over building new PE plant in Kazakhstan

Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec is looking to potentially partner up with Kazakhstan’s state-owned JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) on the development of a 1.25 million ton/year grassroots polyethylene (PE) plant

30 May 2023

Iran’s Arvand Petrochemical to install second PVC plant in Mahshahr

Iran’s Arvand Petrochemical has announced a new project to erect the second polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Mahshahr, incorporated with relatively similar production capacity and technology as the existing plant

29 May 2023

UPDATE: Vietnam’s Hyosung to complete maintenance works at PDH and PP plant

As reported earlier, both downstream PP units, each has an annual capacity of 300,000 tons/year are shut progressively for 20 – 22 days throughout the overhaul at the upstream PDH plant.