Methanex plant permit

The US EPA and Louisiana state authorities have granted Methanex the air permits required to begin construction of a 1-million m.t./year methanol project at Geismar, LA. The project, announced in July, entails the relocation of a plant in Chile for a cost estimated by Methanex at $550 million. “Dismantling activities in Chile have been progressing well” and the project is on track to begin production by the end of 2014, says Bruce Aitken, Methanex president and...

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