Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals to shut Osaka melamine unit in October
29 September 2009 07:59 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals plans to shut down its 40,000 tonne/year melamine plant at Osaka in late October for a month-long turnaround, a company source said on Tuesday.
"We will be opening at the end of November," the source said.
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