MOSCOW (MRC) -- Stavrolen, Russia's major polyolefins producer, has resumed production of high density polyethylene (HDPE) after an unscheduled one-week outage, according to ICIS-MRC Price report with reference to the plant's customers.
The company's clients said by 19 February, Stavrolen had resumed polyethylene (PE) production after the forced shutdown, which started on 12 February. The outage was short and was caused by the need to conduct maintenance at the ethylene unit. The plant's polypropylene (PP) production was not shut, the company only reduced its capacity utilisation.
Stavrolen's (part of Lukoil) annual capacity of LDPE and HDPE production is 120,000 and 300,000 tonnes, respectively. The plant's output of polymers of propylene and HDPE exceeded 111,800 tonnes and 293,600 tonnes last year, up by 11% and 26%, respectively, year on year.
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