S Korea’s Hyosung to shut PTA mid-April for maintenance
30 March 2009 03:00 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--South Korean purified terephthalic acid (PTA) producer Hyosung Petrochemical would shut its 350,000 tonne/year plant in Ulsan for about a week in mid-April, company sources said late on Sunday.
“The shutdown is for regular maintenance, contract volumes would not be greatly impacted,” said one of the sources.
Hyosung is
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