Stavrolen resumes production of PP after unscheduled outage

MOSCOW (MRC)–Stavrolen, Russia’s major polyolefins producer, has resumed its polypropylene (PP) production after an unscheduled shutdown, according to sources.

The company was forced to shut its PP production on 1 March due to technical issues, but sources said the plant had resumed output of PP by 11 March.

Stavrolen’s, a subsidiary of Lukoil, has an annual capacity of PP and HDPE production is 120,000 and 300,000 tonnes, respectively.

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