MOSCOW (MRC) -- Shenhua Ningxia Сoal Industry (SNCG), a subsidiary of Shenhua Group, has shut down its two polypropylene (PP) lines in Ningxia province, China for an uscheduled maintenance, according to CommoPlast with reference to market sources.
Thus, the company took off-stream its No. 1 and No. 2 lines with the combined capacity of 500,000 mt/year of PP (250,000 mt/year each) on 4 November, 2021. Both of the units would remain shut indefinitely.
SNCG declined to comment on the causes of the unexpected shutdown. However, sources attributed the weak economic production to the decision.
Other production lines, including the No. 3 and No. 4 unit at the same complex also with a combined capacity of 500,000 mtyear, are unaffected by the shutdown.
In addition, the company’s phase II PP unit with nameplate output of 600,000 tons/year remains operating as usual.
As MRC reported previously, SNCG shut its No. 1 and 2 PP lines for a scheduled turnaround from 28 May, 2021, to 26 June, 2021.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, PP shipments to the Russian market were 1,138,510 tonnes in January-September 2021, up by 30% year on year. Supply of propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) and block-copolymers of propylene (PP block copolymers) increased, whereas supply of injection moulding statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers) decreased significantly.
Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. engages in coal mining and washing, coal deep processing, coal chemical industry, electric power, real estate, and other businesses.
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