RELEASED ON 08/05/13 (DD/MM/YY)
LG Chem has shut two styrene monomer (SM) plants owing to power failure.
A Polymerupdate source in South Korea informed that the No.1 SM plant and No.2 SM plant were shut on May 8, 2013. The restart schedule of the plants could not be ascertained.
Located in Yeosu, South Korea, the No.1 SM plant has a production capacity of 200,000 mt/year and the No.2 SM plant has a capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
SOURCE Polymer Update
LG Chem has shut two styrene monomer (SM) plants owing to power failure.
A Polymerupdate source in South Korea informed that the No.1 SM plant and No.2 SM plant were shut on May 8, 2013. The restart schedule of the plants could not be ascertained.
Located in Yeosu, South Korea, the No.1 SM plant has a production capacity of 200,000 mt/year and the No.2 SM plant has a capacity of 300,000 mt/year.
SOURCE Polymer Update