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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Shaanxi Yanchang
Zhongmei Yulin phase II new low density polyethylene
(LDPE)/ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA) plant is slated to startup by the middle
of November 2020, reported CommoPlast
with reference to market sources.
Initially the company intened to begin the trial
runs at this plant by November, 2020.
Based in Shaanxi, China, the
LDPE/EVA swing plant has a production capacity of 300,000 tons/year. It is
expected to startup with production of LDPE and then following by EVA.
A
source closed to the company informed that EVA will be the core production focus
for this plant, hence shall not be impacting much on PE market in
China.
As reported earlier,
Shaanxi Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin Energy and Chemical Co Ltd shut it’s
polypropylene (PP) 2 and linear low density (LLDPE) units for scheduled
turnaround on 1 August, 2016. Meanwhile, its MTO, PP1 and high density
polyethylene (HDPE) units were shut on 8 August 2016. Based in Shaanxi, China,
the company has a PP1, PP2, HDPE and LLDPE units each with a production capacity
of 300,000 ton/year. The units are expected to remain off-stream for 45
days.
According to MRC's DataScope,
September EVA imports to Russia fell by 30,32% year on year to 2,38 tonnes from
3,420 tonnes a year earlier, and overall imports of this grade of ethylene
copolymer into the Russian Federation dropped in January-September 2020 by 9,85%
year on year to 26,340 tonnes (29,220 tonnes a year earlier). |
