MOSCOW (MRC) -- Shaanxi Yulin Energy & Chemical has restarted its Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit following a maintenance turnaround, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in China informed the company has resumed operations at the units on September 4, 2019. The units were shut for maintenance on August 20, 2019
Located at Shaanxi province of china, the LLDPE unit has a production capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
The company also operates the polypropylene (PP) plant with a capacity of 330,00 mt/yeat at the same time.
As MRC reported earlier, in July 2017, LyondellBasell granted its Spherizone and Lupotech T Licenses to Shaanxi Coal Yulin Energy and Chemical. Spherizone is the most advanced PP technology and should help expand the company’s product portfolio, while Lupotech T should provide a cost advantage. This technology is used in the Jingbian Chemical Industrial Park in Yulin City, China.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, LLDPE shipments to the Russian market increased in the first seven months of 2019 by 8% year on year to 234,130 tonnes. Local producers increased their production by 24%.
Coal Shaanxi Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd., is mainly engaged in polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), etc. The company's registered capital is unknown, its office is located in known as "China's Kuwait" in Yulin, Shaanxi Hengshan County Yulin, 1000 employees.
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