MOSCOW (MRC) - Total production of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Russia increased by 3% in the first eight months of 2014.
A significant increase in production volumes showed Bashkir Soda Company and Khimprom (Volgograd), according to MRC ScanPlast.
Russia's unmixed PVC production decreased to 30,100 tonnes in August, compared with 56,950 tonnes in July, mainly because of a scheduled maintenance works at the largest Russian PVC producer - SayanskKhimPlast. Total PVC production in the country grew to 409,400 tonnes in January - August of this year, compared with 403,300 tonnes year on year. Russian PVC production increased because of a production rates at Bashkir Soda Company an absence of maintenance works at Khimprom Volgograd.
SayanskKhimPlast almost all August was shut for maintenances, so producer's PVC production in August was only 1,000 tonnes. Producer's PVC production in January - August of this year remained at the last year's level at 180,500 tonnes.
Bashkir Soda Company (formerly Kaustik (Sterlitamak), significantly increased capacity utilisation in August, having reached 19,700 tonnes of suspension PVC (SPVC) last month. Producer's production of SPVC totalled 152,500 tonnes in January - August of this year, up 10% year on year.
Kaustik Volgograd has been working at a lower capacity utilisation in the last two months, so SPVC production by the producer was 8,100 tonnes. Kaustik Volgograd increased SPVC production to 64,200 tonnes in the first eight months of 2014, compared to 62,900 tonnes year on year.
The only emulsion polyvinyl chloride (EPVC) producer in Russia - Khimprom (Volgograd) decreased EPVC production to 1,400 tonnes in August because of technical problems at the carbide furnaces, compared with 1,700 tonnes in July. Producer's EPVC production totalled 12,400 tonnes in the first eight months of the year, up 16% year on year because of the reduction of time of turnaround.
As it was already reported, Rusvinil (JV SIBUR and SolVin) in August launched SPVC production in the test mode. There is no official data on the August production at Rusvinil.
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