DATE : 2014-07-10

 

Japan’s Nippon Steel Chemical (NSC) plans to restart its styrene monomer (SM) units in the second half of July, a company source said on Wednesday.

The 190,000 tonne/year No 2 and 230,000 tonne/year No 3 plant, both located in Oita, were shut on 8 July following an outage at Showa Denko’s cracker.

The Showa Denko cracker has been restarted on 9 July, while NSC plans to reart its No 3 unit on 20 July and its No 2 unit on 23-24 July, the company source added.

Other SM producers in Japan include, Asahi Kasei Chemical, Idemitsu Kosan Co and Denka.

SOURCE Icis News