China's Yankuang Yulin runs methanol at 800t/day
04 May 2010 05:29 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--China's Yankuang Yulin is running its 600,000 tonne/year coal-based methanol plant in Shanxi province on less than half operating rate due to low product prices in the market, a company source said on Tuesday.
“The plant is currently producing 800 tonne/day [methanol], the source said, adding production would be ramped up once methanol prices increase.
Domestic prices in
The plant had been shut down for some time in April, the source added.
Other methanol producers in
($1 = CNY6.83)
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