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Shell has begun olefins cracker shutdown for maintenance at Dutch plant

LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) -

* Royal Dutch Shell began to shut down an olefins cracker at its Moerdijk petrochemical plant in the Netherlands over the Easter weekend, a spokesman for the oil major said.

* There are ongoing labour-related strikes by Dutch unions at the site.

* Unions had sought to disrupt the planned maintenance. (Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar Editing by David Goodman)