# Polymir to build ethylene-propylene unit in Novopolotsk, Belarus

OAO Polymir plans to start construction of a new ethylene-propylene unit with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year in 2023. The project is valued at $500 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-19
- Where: Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Region, Belarus
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 tonnes per year (200,000 tonnes ethylene, 100,000 tonnes propylene)
- Products: ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, acrylonitrile, acrylic fiber
- 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

- [primepress.by](https://primepress.by/news/kompanii/oao_polimir_planiruet_v_2023_g_nachat_stroitelstvo_etilen_propilenovoy_ustanovki_moshchnostyu_300_ty-28717/), 2021-01-19: "По предварительным расчетам, мощность установки составит 300 тыс т в год - 200 тыс т этилена и 100 тыс т пропилена."

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