Brazil’s Braskem still facing logistical woes at Triunfo facilities

RIO DE JANEIRO (ICIS)–Brazil’s polymers main
Braskem continues to be dealing with some logistical
challenges at its amenities in Triunfo, within the
floods-hit state of Rio Grande do Sul,
in accordance with a letter to prospects seen by
ICIS.

Braskem was pressured to close down its Triunfo
amenities after the extreme flooding which
affected the state in Could.

By the start of June, the producer mentioned it
hoped its operations would return to normality
in just a few days, in accordance with a spokesperson in a
written response to
ICIS.

Nonetheless, in accordance with the letter to prospects,
dated 28 June, Braskem’s operations at Triunfo
are but to return to normality, principally as a result of
logistical woes as many roads and key port
operations on the Brazilian state have been hit by
the aftermath of the floods.

“Particular challenges ensuing from pressure
majeure nonetheless persist in some logistics modes,
resulting in the partial receipt of inputs for
the manufacturing of merchandise derived from ethanol
and inexperienced ethylene,” mentioned the letter.

“For the time being, there isn’t a danger of
interruption within the provide of those merchandise,
and we’re implementing options to return
availability to regular ranges.”

On the finish of June, an analyst mentioned
to ICIS a lot of the roads in Rio do Grande
do Sul had reopened, though a few of them have been
working at decreased capability.

The Port of Porto Alegre, the biggest metropolis in
the state and near the Triunfo
petrochemicals hub, solely reopened in mid-June.

TRIUNFO KEY FOR PLASTICS
Braskem is Brazil’s sole producer of
polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), the
most generally used polymers. Its market share in
2023 for PE stood at 56% and for PP at 70%,
in accordance with figures from the ICIS Provide &
Demand database.

The Triunfo advanced, in the meantime, is vital for the
nation’s polymers provide chain, accounting for
practically 37% of Brazil’s PP capability and 40% of
PE capability.

Brazil’s complete PP manufacturing capability is sort of
2 million tonnes/yr. PE capability is about 3
million tonnes/yr, with 41% being
high-density polyethylene (HDPE), 33% being
linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and 26%
being low-density polyethylene (LDPE).

Braskem’s Triunfo advanced can produce 740,000
tonnes/yr of PP, 550,000 tonnes/yr of HDPE,
385,000 tonnes/yr of LDPE and 300,000
tonnes/yr of LLDPE.

Further reporting by Jonathan
Lopez