BASF has begun trial operations at the mononitrobenzene plant within the integrated 400,000 metric tonne methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) complex in Chongqing, China. Mononitrobenzene is a precursor for the production of MDI.
This MDI site covers an area of more than 50 hectares, including facilities of 400,000 metric tonnes per year of Mononitrobenzene, 300,000 metric tonnes per year of aniline, 400,000 metric tonnes per year of crude MDI, and an MDI splitter with a capacity of 400,000 metric tonnes per year.
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