New projects and permanent plant shutdowns: April 27-May 6, 2011

16 May 2011 00:00  [Source: ICB]

NEW PROJECTS
Company	Location	Product	Capacity*	Process	Contractor	Cost	Start-up	Status
Anhui Huaihua Group	Zhongwei, China	nitric acid	150,000	-	-	part of $2bn	end 2012	P
		ammonia	300,000	-	-	part of $2bn	-	S
		monoethylene glycol (MEG)	1m	-	-	part of $2bn	-	S
Bayer MaterialScience	Baytown, Texas, US	methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polycarbonate (PC)	reliability and productivity improvements	-	-	$120m	-	P
	Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany	PC	(x)70,000; 400,000T in stages	-	-	€90m	2015	P
Cereplast	Assisi, Italy	bioplastics	50,000	-	-	-	late 2012	P
		bioplastics	(x)50,000; 100,000T	-	-	-	mid-2013	P
Dow Epoxy	Stade, Germany	liquid epoxy resin	(x)30,000	-	-	-	Q4 2011	P
LANXESS	Dormagen, Germany	polychloroprene solid rubber	(x)10%; 63,000T	-	-	€17m	end 2012	P
Linde/Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutical	Chongqing, China	hydrogen and synthesis gas	-	-	-	€200m	Q3 2014	S
LyondellBasell	Channelview and La Porte, Texas, US	ethylene (C2)	(x)	-	-	-	-	S
Perstorp	Zibo, China	polyalcohol neopentyl glycol	(x)40,000	-	-	-	H2 2012	P
Toray Group	Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia	high-performance polypropylene (PP) spunbound	20,000	-	-	$60.8m	June 2013	P
Tuntex Petrochemicals	Tainan, Taiwan	purified terephthalic acid (PTA)	(x)25,000; 445,000T	-	-	-	June 2012	P
		PTA	(x)25,000; 470,000T	-	-	-	end 2012	P
Xinjiang Snxon Energy Development	Xinjiang, China	polyvinyl chloride (PVC)	500,000	-	-	$600m	August 2012	U
		calcium carbide	400,000	-	-	$600m	August 2012	U

 

Notes: *Capacity: figures given in tonnes/year; tonnes/day are converted by multiplying by 330. (x) = expansion; T = total capacity including expansion.

Start-up: Dates given are for planned start-up. H1 = 1st half year; H2 = 2nd half year; Q1 = 1st quarter; Q2 = 2nd quarter; Q3 = 3rd quarter; Q4 = 4th quarter.

Status: S = study; P = planned; A = approval; E = engineering; U = under construction; C = completed; D = delayed.

By: Anna Jagger
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