Thirumalai begins sales from Malaysia MA plant

19 March 2008 04:07  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd’s (TCL) Malaysia-based maleic anhydride (MA) plant is operating smoothly and has even shipped out on-spec cargoes to southeast Asian customers, a company source said on Wednesday.

The Indian producer’s 30,000 tonne/year plant in Terengganu, Malaysia, started commissioning work in February and on-spec production was achieved about a month ago, the source said adding that the plant was operating at around 80% capacity.  

The plant was shut down in January 2007 to incorporate technology changes that would enable the use of butane feedstock instead of benzene.

The company has another 12,000 tonne/year benzene-based MA plant in Ranipet in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, which remains idle due to non-favourable economics of production on high benzene prices that have been climbing in line with record crude rates.

By: Kew Jia Hui
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