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China’s SBS unit operating rate down in Mar

Shandong (JLC), April 15, 2026--In March, the operating rate of SBS producers was 52.68%, down 14.19% month on month and 11.30% year on year.

04-15-2026 15:04:00

China’s PDH unit operating rate rebounds slightly

Beijing (JLC), April 13, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 59.32% in the week to April 9, up 0.16 percentage points compared with the week to April 2, JLC’s data showed.

04-13-2026 17:10:10

China releases action plan to further propel old unit renovation

Shandong (JLC), April 10, 2026--On March 11, 2026, seven Chinese national regulatory authorities jointly released the “Action Plan for Accelerating the Renovation and Upgrading of Outdated Facilities

04-10-2026 10:47:09

China’s PDH unit operating rate slips

Beijing (JLC), April 7, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 58.12% in the week to April 2, down 5.25 percentage points compared with the week to March 26, JLC’s data showed.

04-07-2026 17:45:06

Chengdu to add 200,000 mt/yr UCO unit

Beijing (JLC), April 2, 2026--Tianjin Sanpinyuan Environmental Protection Technology started construction of its 200,000 mt/yr UCO unit in Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu, Chinanews reported on March

04-02-2026 15:20:10

PDH unit operating rate falls below 60%

Shandong (JLC), April 1, 2026 – After a rebound in early stage on improving profit amid geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, operating rates of PDH units began to decrease and even fell below 60%

04-01-2026 13:52:02

China’s PP unit maintenance losses increase in March

Shandong (JLC), March 31, 2026--China’s polypropylene (PP) maintenance losses in March amounted to 1.1008 million mt, a substantial rise of 335,100 mt from February.

03-31-2026 16:16:02

China’s PDH unit operating rate rebounds

Beijing (JLC), March 23, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 67.05% in the week to March 19, up 3.52 percentage points compared with the week to March 12, JLC’s data showed.

03-23-2026 17:41:08

China’s SBS unit operating rate up in Feb

Shandong (JLC), March 17, 2026--SBS unit operating rate rose to 66.87% in February 2026, up by 0.61% month on month and 6.52% year on year. This uptick was driven by unit restarts at several plants.

03-17-2026 15:28:26

China’s PDH unit operating rate moves down

Beijing (JLC), March 16, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 63.53% in the week to March 12, down 1.22 percentage points compared with the week to March 5.

03-16-2026 17:48:07

China’s PDH unit operating rate rises

Beijing (JLC), March 9, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 64.74% in the week to March 5, up 1.09 percentage points compared with the period during February 13-26.

03-09-2026 17:41:07

Sinopec Qilu completes first unit of upgrade project

Guangzhou (JLC), March 5, 2026--On February 28, Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical achieved mechanical completion of the first unit under its Luyou Lulian transformation and upgrading project.

03-05-2026 19:05:18

China’s PDH unit operating rate slips

Beijing (JLC), March 2, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 63.65% during February 13-26, down 1.70 percentage points compared with the week to February 12.

03-02-2026 16:53:22

China’s PDH unit operating rate rises

Beijing (JLC), February 14, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 63.35% in the week ending February 12 (Thursday), up 3.64 percentage points week on week, JLC’s data showed.

02-14-2026 14:26:00

China’s SBS unit operating rate down in Jan

Shandong (JLC), February 11, 2026--In January 2026, the operating rate of SBS producers was 66.26%, down 2.61% month on month but up 0.39% year on year, as Maoming Petrochemical and Hainan Baling Chem

02-11-2026 00:00:00

China’s PDH unit operating rate inches up

Beijing (JLC), February 9, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 61.71% in the week ending February 5 (Thursday), up 0.49 percentage points week on week, JLC’s data showed.

02-09-2026 17:28:53

Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) starts up new jet fuel hydrogenation unit

Guangzhou (JLC), February 6, 2026--Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical's 1.2 million mt/yr jet fuel hydrogenation unit produced qualified jet fuel on February 1, marking a successful startup at one go.

02-06-2026 18:46:41

China’s PDH unit operating rate rebounds

Beijing (JLC), February 2, 2026--The overall operating rate of China’s PDH units averaged 61.22% in the week ending January 29 (Thursday), up 0.46 percentage points week on week, JLC’s data showed.

02-02-2026 17:15:21

China PP unit maintenance loss up 130,400 mt MoM in Jan

Shandong (JLC), January 29, 2026 – China PP unit maintenance loss volume hit a new high of 816,400 mt in January, up by 130,400 mt month on month, mainly owing to increasing unexpected unit shutdown.

01-29-2026 14:44:54

China’s SBS unit operating rate up in Dec

Shandong (JLC), January 27, 2026--In December, the operating rate of SBS producers was 69.87%, up 2.91% month on month and 2.94% year on year.

01-27-2026 16:00:00

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