Malaysia’s Petronas mulls over maintenance shutdown at PE plant

07 Jan 2021 Petronas Chemicals Group is planning to shut its PE plants in Kerteh, Malaysia for a brief maintenance work.

07 Jan 2021

Indonesia’s Chandra Asri normalises run rates at cracker after minor hiccups

Meanwhile, Indonesian buyers informed of some delays in delivery for LLDPE cargoes from the maker.

07 Jan 2021

China’s Hanbang Petrochemical shut PTA plant for maintenance

Meanwhile, the producer owns a smaller PTA unit at the same location with a capacity of 700,000 tons/year that has been shut since May 2020.

05 Jan 2021

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

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.