The US acrylonitrile export assessment rose $25/mt week over week Tuesday to a more than 11-month high of $1,940/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply. The assessment reached its highest level since March 5, 2013, when it was at ...
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China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC) is expected to shutdown its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant for maintenance turnaround this month. "The Da-Sheh based ACN plant is expected to remain off-steam for around 15 days from October ...
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South Korea's May exports of acrylonitrile increased 50.2% month on month to 35,249 mt, according to data released Saturday by the Korea Customs Service. The May exports were nearly four times those of May 2012, when South Korea exported ...
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Sumitomo Chemical has reduced operating rates at one of its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Japan. According to a Sumitomo company official, the ACN plant is presently operating at 85-90% of production capacity rates. The official ...
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Asahi Kasei owned - Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Thailand is expected to undergo a scheduled maintenance turnaround in June 2013. “The ACN plant located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance ...
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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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Germany based Ineos is likely to undertake a routine cleaning operation at its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in March 2013 and will be off-stream for a week. A Ineos company official informed fibre2fashion that, “Line No-3 of the ACN ...
Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
Japan-based Dia-Nitrix has delayed the restart of its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant. The plant was taken off-stream on September 19 and was supposed to restart on October 23, an official informed fibre2fashion. He added, “However, due ...
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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 ...
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Taiwan-based China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC) has undertaken a turnaround of its two acrylonitrile (ACN) lines. A CDPC official told fibre2fashion that line No-1 has been taken offstream on November 3 and line No-2 on ...
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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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