Meifeng restarts melamine line after quake outage

10 June 2008 10:57  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI(ICIS news)--China-based Sichuan Meifeng restarted its melamine plant over the weekend after a shutdown of nearly a month following the earthquake that struck the southwestern province of Sichuan, a company source said on Tuesday.

“We restarted the plant [in Mianyang country] over the weekend and operation is normal,” the source said in Mandarin.

Sichuan Chemical Works recently restarted two melamine lines in the provincial capital Chengdu, a company source said on Wednesday.

However, domestic melamine prices were still pegged around yuan (CNY) 11,500-12,000/tonne ($1,662-1,734/tonne) EXW (ex-works) amid limited availability and weak downstream demand.

Major melamine producers in China include Tianjin Kaiwei, Shandong Haihua, Fujian Sanming and Sichuan Chemical Works.

($1 = CNY6.92)

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By: Judith Wang
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