Mitsubishi Chemical India to restart PTA plant on 21 July

15 July 2009 17:08  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Mitsubishi Chemical (India) will restart its 480,000 tonne/year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Haldia on 21 July after bringing it offline on Monday due to a mechanical fault, company sources said Wednesday.

“The plant would resume operations on 21 July; the mechanical problem should be solved by then,” said one of the sources.

Meanwhile, the company remained in the process of starting up its new 800,000 tonne/year PTA plant at the same Haldia site on the east coast of India.

“Raw materials have been fed into the plant. It should start within the next few days,” said another source.

The Japanese-owned company had since April attempted several times to start the new facility, but had so far not been able to produce on-spec material for commercial sale.

The start-up date for commercial production was last adjusted to July from June.

Mitsubishi Chemical (India) is part of Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, a leading producer of PTA. Besides India and Japan, the company also has PTA operations in Indonesia, South Korea and China.

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By: Salmon Aidan Lee
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