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Chemical Week Magazine :: Business & Finance :: Asia/Pacific

September 8, 2008

Falling Ethylene Demand Forces More Cracker Operating Rate Cuts

Deepti Ramesh

Several more Japanese and Korean petrochemical companies have decided to cut operating rates at their naphtha crackers due to falling demand for ethylene, reports say. However, the ethylene demand fall is reportedly far greater than the planned reduction in...

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