MOSCOW (MRC) - Production of polypropylene (PP) in Russia increased to 562,000 tonnes in the first seven months of this year, up 18% compared to the same period a year earlier. The largest increase in production showed Poliom, according to MRC ScanPlast.
Total PP production in Russia decreased to 63,200 tonnes in July, compared with 88,400 tonnes in June because of the scheduled maintenance works at Tobolsk-Polymer and Tomskneftekhim. All the Russian producers increased production volumes, except for Neftekhimia.
The structure of the production looked as follows.
Poliom (Titan Group, Omsk) was launched in February 2013 with a capacity of 180,000 tonnes/year, but this year the company has expanded its production capacity to 210,000 tonnes/year. The producer's PP production in the seven months of 2014 reached 103,000 tonnes, compared with 60,300 tonnes in the same time a year earlier.
Tobolsk-Polymer (SIBUR) started production in a test mode, with annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes in May last year. The producer's PP production was 98,200 tonnes in January - July of the current year.
Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Ufaorgsintez increased PP production by 1% and 5%, respectively, to 124,500 tonnes and 73,800 tonnes.
Tomskneftekhim increased PP production over the reported period to 76,900 tonnes, up 3% year on year.
Neftekhimia (Kapotnya) reduced PP production to 67,500 tonnes in January - July 2014, down 4% year on year.
MRC