# Polymir to build $511M ethylene-propylene plant in Novopolotsk, Belarus

OAO Polymir plans to build a new ethylene-propylene unit with a capacity of 300,000 t/year in Novopolotsk, Belarus. The project requires $511 million in investment and is expected to reach full capacity in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-18
- Where: Novopolotsk, Belarus
- Value: $511.0M
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 t/year of ethylene and propylene
- Products: ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, acrylonitrile, acrylic fibers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Polymir](https://endata.com/companies/21531.md)
- [Naftan](https://endata.com/companies/21532.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ukrchem.dp.ua](https://ukrchem.dp.ua/2017/01/18/belarus-oao-polimir-planiruet-postroit-etilen-propilenovuyu-ustanovku-i-vyvesti-ee-na-proektnuyu-moshhnost-v-2021-godu.html), 2017-01-18: "«Полимир» планирует построить новую этилен-пропиленовую установку и вывести ее на проектную мощность в 2021 г."

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