Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'mitsubishi chemical'

IOC Defers PX/PTA, Proceeds With Acetic Acid, Butene-1

By Malini Hariharan The blog continues with a review of Indian projects. State-owned refinery major Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has deferred its paraxylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) projects at Vadodara in Gujarat state, to post 2015. "The project...

Japan Disaster: Plants and markets update

By Malini Hariharan Japan's benzene supply is expected to drop by 10% following plant shutdowns and diversion of product for gasoline blending, reports my colleague Mahua Chakravarty. This works out to about 40,000 tonnes/month, which is lower than the initial...

Japan Disaster - Plants update

By Malini Hariharan More companies are reporting damages to facilities after last week's earthquake and tsunami. Mitsubishi Chemical said in a statement that berths, roads and infrastructure around the plant area at its Kashima site have been damaged and delivery...

Japan Disaster - Some petchem plants shut; markets stable

By Malini Hariharan News is slowly trickling in on the status of Japanese petrochemical plants. Only four of the country's 14 crackers have shut down while a few are running at reduced rates, reports ICIS news. JX Nippon Oil &...

Japan More Competitive Than You Might Think

 Tokyo at nightSource of picture: liveworldtours.com       By Malini Hariharan it is easy to write off the Japanese petrochemicals industry which has for long struggled to find a solution to the dual pressure of rising global competition and...

More action needed at Mitsubishi Chem

By Malini Hariharan Japan's largest chemical company Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings has been actively restructuring this year but more needs to be done to complete its transformation. High on the list is reorganization of its cracker operations at Mizushima. Mitsubishi and...