No. 2 Cracker of Mitsubishi Chemical to restart operations

:: 26 Oct  2012 ::

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is likely to restart operations at its No. 2 cracker.

Located at Kashima in Japan, the No. 2 cracker has ethylene production capacity of 476,000 mt/year and a propylene production capacity of 260,000 mt/year. The cracker was taken off-stream on October 8, 2012, owing to electrical problems.

The company is likely to restart operations at the cracker on October 27-28, 2012, according to a Polymerupdate source in Japan.

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