M'bishi Chem shuts naphtha cracker due to problem

TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, Japan's top petrochemical maker, said it had shut the No.2 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant in eastern Japan earlier on Tuesday due to an unplanned problem.

The No.2 unit, which has the capacity to produce 516,000 tonnes of ethylene per year, had been restarted on Aug. 22.

A spokesman for Mitsubishi Chemical, a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (4188.T), said the company does not know when it can restart the unit. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori)