Dangote refinery polypropylene set to hit market.
The Dangote oil refinery has commenced the startup of its polypropylene facility in Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the polypropylene facility will be officially unveiled soon.
S&P Global also reports that starting up Dangote’s 830,000 metric tonnes per year polypropylene site was one of the last outstanding milestones for the oil refining and petrochemical complex in its commissioning sequence, which has been taking place since January 2024.Dangote refinery polypropylene set to hit market.
“Polypropylene production has now started, with supplies being distributed in 25kg bags, and has already threatened to upend the domestic market,” two market sources had told Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights.
One trade source said the Dangote Group began preemptively offering polypropylene supplies as early as February. The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, previously set out hopes that the complex would fully cover some 250,000 metric tonnes per year of domestic demand for polypropylene, which is commonly used in plastic packaging and textiles.
Once fully operational, the Dangote facility is set to become Africa’s largest polypropylene production site, producing from two polypropylene units with capacities of 500,000 mt/year and 330,000 mt/year.
Source: Punchng
