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China petrochemical plant shut after deadly explosion - sources

China's Panjin Haoye Chemical Co Ltd has shut down its entire oil refinery and petrochemical complex after an explosion on Sunday killed two people and left 12 missing, according to trade sources and a local consultancy.

The explosion occurred at 3:13 p.m. (0713 GMT) on Sunday at Panjin Haoye while workers were carrying out maintenance work at an alkylation facility, Chinese state television reported earlier on Monday.

Panjin Haoye is an independent refinery and chemical producer in the city of Panjin in Liaoning province in northeastern China.

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