Which Iranian methanol plant was taken offline, and what broader impact did this have on regional production?

Iran's ZPC (Zagros Petrochemical Company) took its Assaluyeh No. 2 methanol unit offline; this shutdown occurred amid war-related disruptions to southern production sites, resulting in three methanol plants being taken offline in key petrochemical hubs over the past week.

How did the outage affect methanol pricing in a major Asian market?

The outage contributed to a rise in CFR China methanol prices, which increased by $4 per metric ton to $333 per metric ton.

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Iran’s ZPC halted Assaluyeh No. 2 methanol production due to war impacts, contributing to a regional outage of three plants and lifting CFR China methanol prices by $4/mt to $333/mt.

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