Lanzhou, GPRO to build China butyl rubber plant
08 January 2008 07:14 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Lanzhou Petrochemical, a PetroChina subsidiary, plans to build a C4-processing unit and a butyl rubber plant with Jiangsu GPRO Group, a spokesman from Lanzhou said on Tuesday.
The companies signed an agreement to build a 200,000 tonne/year C4-processing unit in
A 60,000 tonne/year butyl rubber plant, with half of its output as halogenated material, will also be built, he added.
The spokesman declined to say how much the project will cost and when it will start up.
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