Belarus’ LDPE production declines by 53% in first two months of 2017

Sergey Karaichentsev

13-Mar-2017

MOSCOW (MRC)–Belarus’ overall output of low density polyethylene (LDPE) totalled 10,500 tonnes in the first two months of 2017, down by 53% year on year, according to MRC’s ScanPlast Report.

According to the National Statistics Committee of Belarus, Polymir, the local LDPE manufacturer, produced 4,900 tonnes of polyethylene (PE) in February, compared to 5,600 tonnes a month earlier.

Thus, Polymir’s total LDPE production was 10,500 tonnes in January-February 2017 versus 22,300 tonnes a year earlier.

A fire at one of Polymir’s ethylene units in late June, which led to a two-fold reduction in the olefin production, is said to be the main reason for such a major fall in the output.

As previously reported, an outbreak of gas-air mixture with the further flare combustion of outgoing products happened at one of its workshops on 18 June 2016.

The fire damaged the technological equipment, resulting in a shutdown of the second PE line with the annual capacity of 65,000 tonnes. The exact dates of the outage have not been announced yet.

Polymir (part of Naftan) is the largest petrochemical company in Belarus, which produces a wide range of chemical products, such as LDPE, acrylic fibres, products of organic synthesis, hydrocarbon fractions, etc.

Polymir was founded in 1968. The plant’s LDPE production capacities are 130,000 tonnes/year.

MRC, a partner of ICIS, produces polymers news and pricing reports from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.


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