China PTA facility operations from June to July
In China, operation rates of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) facilities in June were at about 76.7% on average, up 6.7 points from the previous month. Production volumes were at 5.70 mil mt, up 5.15% from June 2023. In June, some new facilities started up and several facilities that had undergone maintenance restarted. Since many facilities are also scheduled to restart from July onwards, operation rates and production volumes are expected to be higher than June. Operations of major facilities are as follows.
PTA facility operations |
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Company |
Production Capacity (mt/year) |
Operations |
Jiangyin Hanbang |
2.20 mil |
Starts up on Jun 1 |
Yisheng New Material |
3.60 mil |
Maintenance from May 16 to Jun 4 |
Hengli Huizhou |
2.50 mil |
Maintenance from Jun 12 to Jun 26 |
Weilian Chemical |
2.50 mil |
Maintenance from May 6 to Jun 23 |
Ningbo Taihua |
1.50 mil |
Shut down on May 23, date of restart unknown |
Sichuan Energy Investment |
1.00 mil |
Shut down on Apr 3, date of restart unknown |
Yisheng PC |
2.00 mil |
Shut down on Jan 26, date of restart unknown |
Yadong PC |
750,000 |
Shut down on Nov 1, 2023, date of restart unknown |
Hengli PC No.4 |
2.50 mil |
Maintenance from Jun 29, date of restart unknown |
Yisheng Hainan |
2.00 mil |
Shut down Jun 20 on troubles, to restart in July |
Chongqing Pengwei |
900,000 |
Shut down on Sep 12, 2023 on troubles, to restart in July |
Xinjiang Zhongtai |
1.20 mil |
Shut down from Jun 20 for one week on troubles |