Ineos Nitriles has lifted its ban on supply of ACN to European nations. The ban was lifted after restarting of production from its Seal Sands, UK and Cologne, Germany plants in March end. Earlier the unit was shut down abruptly in March on back of technical issues.
This shutdown at Seal Sands lasted three weeks and affected the entire 280,000 mt/year plant while the maintenance at Cologne was planned to last for 10-12 days on the smaller of the plant's two lines, accounting for 100,000 mt/year of total ACN production capacity of 340,000 mt/year
