text: 20 February 2012 09:51 [Source: ICIS news]
  SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Jinzhou Petrochemical shut its 30,000 tonnes/year butadiene rubber (BR) plant over the weekend as the company’s margins are being eroded by the high cost of feedstock butadiene (BD), a source close to the company said on Monday.
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  No definite restart date was set for the plant, the source said.
  Jinzhou Petrochemical is a subsidiary of China's state-owned oil and gas giant PetroChina.
  A number of or cut operating rates at their facilities because of soaring BD prices.
  Spot BD prices in Asia were assessed at $3,900-3,950/tonne (€2,964-3,002/tonne) CFR (cost and freight) NE (northeast)
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