VOL. XLIII

No. 33

14-August-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

SABICs Kemya Begins Commercial Production Of Polyethylene

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced on 6 August that its joint venture subsidiary al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) had begun commercial production of low density polyethylene (LDPE), delivering the first shipment from its plant at Jubail Industrial City to a customer in the kingdoms Eastern Province. Trial production at the 220,000 tons/year LDPE plant began in June (...