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Turnaround at ACN plant of Tongsuh in Q4

18 Jun '12
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South Korean based - Tongsuh which operates an acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Ulsan plans to undertake maintenance of its plant in the last quarter of 2012.

Tongsuh operates two ACN lines in Ulsan with a capacity of 70,000 tons per year and 245,000 tons per year, respectively.

A company official told fibre2fashion, that both these lines will undergo turnaround somewhere in the last three months of 2012 and will remain shutdown for a month.

He further added that currently both the lines are operating at 100 percent capacity rates.

When quizzed on the current trends in ACN market, he said, “The market is not so good currently, which is why prices are stable”.

Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

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