PIE-TICKER
Capacity expansion for polyethylene at Sasol
South African petrochemical group, Sasol (www.sasol.com), Johannesburg, is planning to build a new PE-LD plant in Sasolburg. The plant will operate on the basis of the ExxonMobil high-pressure process technology, with an annual capacity of 220,000 t, and is scheduled to come on stream in 2005. The company is also planning to modernise its existing PE-LD and PE-LLD lines and expand its capacities. Sasol is planning a further large-scale PE-LD plant in Malaysia as part of a joint venture.
08.11.2002 Plasteurope.com [15416]
Published on 08.11.2002