Lotte Chemical to expand ethylene capacity at Yeosu plant

Lotte Chemical announced it will invest about 300 billion won to expand its ethylene production capacity at the Yeosu plant from 1 million tons to 1.2 million tons per year by 2018. The expansion will also increase propylene capacity by 100,000 tons per year.

“롯데케미칼은 오는 2018년까지 여수 에틸렌 설비를 증설해, 이 공장에서 생산능력을 연 100만t에서 120만t으로 늘리기로 했다고 12일 밝혔다.”ir.newspim.com

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• ir.newspim.com롯데케미칼, 여수 에틸렌 증설…글로벌 생산능력 450만t 확보전민준 기자Dec 12, 2016
• ir.newspim.com"롯데케미칼 생산능력 확대..수익성 개선 기대"조인영 기자Dec 12, 2016

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