Mitsui Chem delays Chiba phenol plant restart
24 April 2008 10:18 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Mitsui Chemicals, Asia’s largest phenol-acetone producer, has extended the shutdown at its plant in Chiba, Japan, by 7-10 days due to technical problems, a company official said on Thursday.
The plant – a joint venture with Idemitsu Kosan – was shut down on 18 March and was initially slated to resume operations on 25 April, the source added. It can produce 230,000 tonnes/year of phenol and 80,000 tonnes/year of acetone.
Mitsui also runs another plant in
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