Russia chem producer Usolyekhimprom faces electricity blackout

30 April 2012 15:10  [Source: ICIS news]

MOSCOW (ICIS)--Russian chemical company Usolyekhimprom lost its electricity supply on Monday after a fire that disabled a power plant in the Siberian town of Usolye, a local government department said.

Usolyekhimprom and residential areas, where 35,000 people live, were cut off following the blaze at thermopower plant No 11, the emergency situations department of the Irkutsk regional government said in a statement.

The power plant is expected to be repaired later this week, according to the statement.

Based in Usolye, Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia, Usolyekhimprom is controlled by Russia's Nitol chemical company.

In 2009-2011, Usolyekhimprom shut down its 60,000 tonne/year caustic soda facility and limited calcium carbide, hydrogen peroxide and trichloroethane production. Usolyekhimprom does not disclose its current output volumes.

Nitol has announced plans to build a new facility to produce 3,500 tonnes/year of semicrystal silicon at the premises of Usolyekhimprom. The silicon production is due to account for 90% of the Usolyekhimprom's total output by 2015, according to Nitol.

By: Sergei Blagov
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