MOSCOW (
MRC) - Russia's unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production increased by 2% in the first ten months of 2014.
Bashkir Soda Company and Khimprom Volgograd showed a significant increase in PVC production, according to MRC
ScanPlast.
October production of unmixed PVC in Russia decreased to 48,100 tonnes, compared with 61,600 tonnes in September on the back of scheduled maintenance works at two largest Russian producers - Bashkir Soda Company and Kaustik Volgograd. Total PVC production in the country grew to 519,200 tonnes in January - October of this year, compared with 507,400 tonnes year on year. The increase in production resulted from higher production rates at Bashkir Soda Company and Khimprom Volgograd, which worked without turnarounds, as well as the launch of RusVinyl, based in Nizhny Novgorod.
Structure of PVC production over the reported period looked as follows. SayanskKhimPlast produced 26,500 tonnes in October, compared with 26,300 tonnes in September. Total PVC production at SayanskKhimPlast in the first ten months of the year remained practically steady at 233,500 tonnes, compared with the same time a year earlier (234,300 tonnes).
Bashkir Soda Company (BSC), which this year has expanded its PVC capacities to 230,000 tonnes/year, produced 8,900 tonnes of PVC in October on the back of two weeks turnaround. Total PVC production at the company increased to 181,100 tonnes in the first ten months of this year, compared with 174,900 tonnes year on year. The producer plans to increase its PVC capacities to 240,000 tonnes/year.
Kaustik Volgograd also shut its PVC capacities in October for scheduled maintenance work for almost three weeks, as a consequence - the output of the resin decreased to 3,300 tonnes. Total PVC production at the plant was 75,100 tonnes in the first ten months of the year, compared with 74,200 tonnes year on year.
Khimprom Volgograd had to suspend its operation for several days in October because of problems with gas and electricity.
Khimprom's emulsion PVC production was 1,400 tonnes in October, remaining practically at the September level. Total EPVC production at the plant was 15,200 tonnes in the first ten months of the year, up 11% year on year on the back of reduced time of the turnaround. According to unofficial information, in the end of last week, the company stopped its carbide furnaces, it is possible that November will be the last month of the enterprise's work.
As it was already written, RusVinil (JV of SIBUR and SolVin) launched SPVC production in August in the test mode. Total SPVC production at the plant was 14,500 tonnes in September-October of this year. The plant's annual production capacity is 330,000 tonnes.
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