MOSCOW (MRC) - Zhejiang Petrochemical, a private Chinese company, plans to build a new line of acrylonitrile (ACN) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) in its petrochemical complex, which is located on an island near Zhoushan in eastern China, Polymerupdate reports.
These plants with a capacity of 260,000 tonnes of ACN and 90,000 tonnes of MMA per year will be built as part of the second phase of the project in Zhoushan. As part of the first phase of the project, the company intends to launch an ACN line with a capacity of 260,000 tonnes per year in the first quarter of 2020.
In addition, a cracking unit with a capacity of 1.4 mln tonnes of ethylene per year and plants for the production of aromatic substances with a total capacity of 5.2 mln tonnes per year will be located on this site. The company at the new petrochemical complex Zhoushan at the end of last year already began test production at the refinery with a capacity of 400 barrels per day.
Acrylonitrile is one of the main raw materials for the production of ABS.
As per ICIS-MRC Price Report, November ABS imports were 3,300 tonnes versus 3,500 tonnes a month earlier and 4,100 tonnes in November 2018. Overall ABS imports slightly decreased year on year in the first eleven months of 2019 to 31,300 tonnes.
Private company Zhejiang Petrochemical is building a new petrochemical complex in eastern China. 51% of the company is owned by the majority shareholder of Rongsheng Petrochemical. Other shareholders are the Chinese Juhua Group and Tongkun Group.
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