Sasol's Sasolburg chlor-alkali back up after delayed restart

LONDON (ICIS)--Production at Sasol’s Sasolburg chlor-alkali complex will return to normal operating rates over the weekend of 25/26 September following planned maintenance, a source at the South African chemical producer said on Thursday.

The outage began on 1 September and was initially expected to last until 14 September. Nevertheless, technical problems meant that the restart did not begin until the weekend of 18/19 September, the source said.

The source added that with South Africa’s national Heritage Day on Friday 24 September, the company was expecting despatches to be quieter allowing it to refill pipelines over the course of the long weekend.

The complex produces caustic soda, chlorine, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). The source could not confirm the nameplate capacities for these products.

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