NewsFlashMitsubishi shuts No 2 naphtha cracker
02 September 2008 11:22 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan’s largest cracker operator, shut its No 2 Kashima cracker on Tuesday for an unspecified period of time, a source from the company said.
He declined to provide further details on what caused the unplanned shutdown and the restart schedule for the facility, which has a capacity of 476,000 tonnes/year of ethylene.
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