Qiwangda completes aromatics expansion

07 October 2008 11:28  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news) --- China's Qiwangda Haizhong has completed the expansion of  its aromatics unit on and is running normally at the rate of 60-70% at present, a company source said on Tuesday.

 

The expansion activities were completed on 2 October during the Golden Week holidays, the source said, adding that the plant had already produced on-spec toluene and xylene.

 

Qiwangda had shut the aromatics unit in late August.

 

The unit’s aromatics capacity has more than doubled to 70,000 tonnes/year of toluene and 40,000 tonnes/year of xylene, while its benzene capacity remained unchanged at 60,000 tonnes/year.

 

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