China's Shanxi Xianyang methanol plant shut for maintenance
11 October 2010 09:48 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Shanxi Xianyang's 600,000 tonne/year coal-based methanol unit in northwest China has been undergoing maintenance for about a month now, a company source said on Monday.
The plant was shut in early September, the source said, adding that the restart date for the facility has yet to be fixed.
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