Korea based Tongsuh Petrochemical is likely to start a new Acrylonitrile (ACN) line very soon at Ulsan. “The start-up of the new line is completely based on the ACN market. Due to poor market conditions, the company has not yet ...
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Taekwang Industrial is operating its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant at lower rates. “The ACN plant located in Ulsan is currently operating at 80% production capacity rates”, a company official informed fibre2fashion. Providing ...
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South Korea based Taekwang Industrial has reduced operating capacity of its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan. Taekwang is also planning to undertake a maintenance turnaround at the plant in February 2013. “Due to poor ...
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Korea Petrochemical Industry Corp. (KPIC) is setting up a Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) plant, production of which is expected to commence in last quarter of 2014. "The construction of the MEG plant will complete in the second quarter of 2014 ...
The FOB Korea toluene 2013 term contracts were mostly concluded at a premium of $7-8/mt to the Platts FOB Korea toluene marker, traders and producers said Wednesday. This is an increase of around $2-3/mt from premiums for 2012 ...
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Evonik Industries marked the roof-topping phase of construction for its hydrogen peroxide plant in Jilin, China, with a ceremony on October 19, 2012. Situated in the northeast of the country, the plant is due to go online in late 2013 with ...
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South Korean based - Tongsuh Petrochemical has taken off-stream an Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan on October 5 for an annual maintenance turnaround. “Tongsuh will also begin commercial production of its new ACN line ...
Tags: ACN plant, Acrylonitrile plant, ACN line
South Korean scientists have developed a new material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to cut down the charging time for electric vehicles. Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology said that they developed a ...
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A paraxylene(PX)plant to be set up in a joint venture between JX Nippon Oil&Energy and SK Global Chemicals is expected to start operations in mid-2014. “The construction of the plant being set up in Ulsan–South Korea is likely ...
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Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd decided to diversify its business portfolio by entering Purified-EO and EG business which has never been produced in Ulsan. The plan of this project is to invest 200,000,000,000 korean Won to build a plant ...
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Toyo Engineering Korea Limited, a Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract to build Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Glycol (EG) plant with the capacity of EO 80,000 t/y and EG 205,000 t/y planned by ...
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Japanese petrochemical major – Asahi Kasei intends to restart operations at its ACN plant in Kawasaki and Thailand in mid-November. Both the ACN plants, in Kawasaki – Japan and Map Tha Put in Thailand are currently undergoing ...
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The Yeongju recycling centre is part of a multi-year, $400 million expansion of Novelis' operations in Korea. According to the aluminium recycler, Asia is the world's fastest growing market for rolled aluminum used to create beverage ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has again chosen coatings from International Paint, this time for the 'Hamburg Express.' the first of a new class of ten container ship newbuildings from Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. At 13,200 TEU ...
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