A fire broke out at Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corp's No.2 ethylene plant in Ibaraki prefecture near Tokyo The fire is expected to have some effect on production at the 476,000 tpa Kashima ethylene plant.
The Kashima plant, which consists of two units, can produce up to 926,000 tpa of ethylene, with the No.2 unit producing 516,000 tons.
21-Dec-07 
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