Regional acrylonitrile (ACN) markets are monitoring supply conditions after Sumitomo Chemical Asia unexpectedly shut down its ACN production facility in late August. According to a source in Japan, operations at the Niihama plant were halted around August 25, 2025, though the precise cause and the anticipated duration of the outage have not yet been disclosed. […]
The Asian polyester feedstock market is on alert as Sichuan Shengda Chemical New Material plans to take its large-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) facility offline for maintenance later this month. A source in China reports that the one-million-metric-ton-per-year plant, located in Nanchong, is slated for a second-half of September 2025 shutdown to undergo a scheduled […]
Celanese is preparing to bring its acetic acid unit in Pulau Sakra, Singapore, back online in the first half of October 2025, according to an industry source. The facility has been offline since mid-August 2025 for scheduled maintenance, and while market chatter points to an imminent restart, the company has yet to issue an official […]
Sinopec Mitsui Chemicals has halted operations at its Bisphenol A (BPA) facility in Caojing, Shanghai, following an unplanned maintenance shutdown that began on September 9, 2025, according to a market source in China. The company has not issued an official statement on the outage, and the timeline for restarting the plant remains uncertain, keeping market […]
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) prices witnessed a downward trend in several parts of Asia this week, as the market faced the dual challenge of oversupply and weakening demand. An industry source in Asia, speaking on condition of anonymity, told a correspondent that crude oil values are expected to remain range-bound to slightly positive, supported by heightened […]
Lotte INEOS Chemical is preparing to take offline its acetic acid unit in Ulsan, South Korea, for a planned maintenance turnaround. According to market sources, the company is expected to halt operations at the facility by mid-October 2025. While the specific duration of the shutdown has not yet been revealed, the move is drawing attention […]
Heilongjiang Longjiang Chemical has taken its phenol/acetone plant offline in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, China. According to market information, the facility was reportedly shut around September 6, 2025, as part of a planned maintenance program. At this stage, the duration of the outage remains unclear, and confirmation from an authorized company source has yet to be […]
Dongming Dongfang Chemical has successfully brought its 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH) unit back on stream in Shandong province, China. Market sources informed that the restart took place on September 7, 2025, following an extended maintenance turnaround that began on July 14, 2025. Although confirmation from an authorized company representative has not yet been secured, industry participants widely […]
Market sources in China report that Shanghai Huayi Chemical has successfully restarted operations at its acetic acid facility in Anhui province. According to industry participants, the plant, located in Wuwei, is heard to have resumed production around September 4, 2025, following a short maintenance shutdown that began on August 30, 2025. Although the company has […]
Market sources report that Kyodo Sakusan has resumed operations at its acetic acid unit located in Aboshi, Japan. According to industry participants, the company is heard to have restarted the plant on September 1, 2025, following a maintenance shutdown that began on August 19, 2025. While confirmation from an official company spokesperson has not been […]
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