Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Japan's petrochemicals maker plans to shut one naphtha cracker for about 40 days of planned maintenance in 2006. The No.1 unit, at its Kashima plant, with a 375,000 tpa ethylene capacity, will be shut from May 10 to June 21. Mitsubishi does not plan to shutdown its other two crackers including the 453,000 ta No. 2 unit at Kashima and the 450,000 tpa unit at its Mizushima plant in western Japan.
31-Oct-05 
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