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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000315066-95-001789
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19950210
SROS:			NONE

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METHANEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886977
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-43811
		FILM NUMBER:		95507801

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1055 W HASTINGS ST  STE 1000
		CITY:			VANCOUVER BC CANADA
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6046847500

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FMR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315066
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				161144965
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 DEVONSHIRE ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6175706339

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		82 DEVONSHIRE STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
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<DESCRIPTION>SCHEDULE 13G - 2-14-95 - METHANEX CORPORATION
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SCHEDULE 13G  
  
Amendment No.   
Methanex Corporation  
common stock  
Cusip # 59151K108  
Filing Fee: Yes  
 
 
Cusip # 59151K108  
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID:  04-2507163)  
Item 4:	Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Item 5:	None  
Item 6:	None  
Item 7:	10,629,600  
Item 8:	None  
Item 9:	10,629,600  
Item 11:	6.21%  
Item 12:	HC   
  
  
 
 
Cusip # 59151K108  
Item 1:	Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d - (Tax ID:  ###-##-####)  
Item 4:	United States of America  
Item 5:	None  
Item 6:	None  
Item 7:	10,629,600  
Item 8:	None  
Item 9:	10,629,600  
Item 11:	6.21%  
Item 12:	IN   
  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS  
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)  
  
  
Item 1(a).	Name of Issuer:  
  
		Methanex Corporation  
  
Item 1(b).	Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:  
  
		1800 Waterfront Centre, 200 Burrard Street  
		Vancouver, British Columbia   V6C 3M1  
  
Item 2(a).	Name of Person Filing:   
  
		FMR Corp.  
  
Item 2(b).	Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:  
  
		82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02109  
  
Item 2(c).	Citizenship:  
  
		Not applicable  
  
Item 2(d).	Title of Class of Securities:  
  
		Common Stock  
  
Item 2(e).	CUSIP Number:    
  
		59151K108  
  
Item 3.	This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the  
person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company in accordance  
with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).  (Note:  See Item 7).  
  
Item 4.	Ownership  
  
	(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned: 
	10,629,600  
  
	(b)	Percent of Class: 
	6.21%  
  
	(c)	Number of shares as to which such person has:    
  
	(i)	sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 
	None  
  
	(ii)	shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 
	None  
  
	(iii)	sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 
	10,629,600  
  
	(iv)	shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 
	None  
  
  
 
 
Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.  
  
	Not applicable.  
  
Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.  
  
	Various persons have the right to receive or the power to  
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the  
sale of, the common stock of Methanex Corporation.  No one  
person's interest in the common stock of Methanex Corporation  
is more than five percent of the total outstanding common  
stock.  
  
Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired  
the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.  
  
	See attached Exhibit(s) A and B.  
  
Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.  
  
	Not applicable, see attached Exhibit A.   
  
Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group.  
  
	Not applicable.  
 
 
Item 10.	Certification.  
  
	By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge  
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in  
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the  
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or  
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and  
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any  
transaction having such purpose or effect.  
  
  
Signature  
  
	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and  
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this  
Schedule 13G in connection with FMR Corp's beneficial ownership  
of the common stock of Methanex Corporation at December 31,  
1994 is true, complete and correct.   
  
  
  
	February 13, 1995	  
Date  
  
  
  
	/s/Arthur S. Loring  
Signature  
  
  
  
	Arthur S. Loring, Vice  
President	  
Name/Title  
  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS  
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)  
  
	Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity  
Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,  
Massachusetts 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. and an investment  
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,  
is the beneficial owner of 10,629,600 shares or 6.21% of the common stock  
outstanding of Methanex Corporation ("the Company") as a result of acting as  
investment adviser to several investment companies registered under Section 8  
of the Investment Company Act of 1940.    
  
	Edward C. Johnson 3d, FMR Corp., through its control of Fidelity, and the  
Funds each has sole power to dispose of the 10,629,600 shares owned by the  
Funds.  
  
	Neither FMR Corp. nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR Corp., has  
the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by  
the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees.   
Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines  
established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees.  
  
	Edward C. Johnson 3d and Abigail P. Johnson each own 24.9% of the  
outstanding voting common stock of FMR Corp.  Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of  
FMR Corp.  Various Johnson family members and trusts for the benefit of  
Johnson family members own FMR Corp. voting common stock.  These Johnson  
family members, through their ownership of voting common stock and the  
execution of a family shareholders' voting agreement, form a controlling group  
with respect to FMR Corp.  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS  
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)  
  
RULE 13d-1(f)(1)  AGREEMENT  
  
	The undersigned persons, on February 13, 1995, agree and consent to the  
joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their  
beneficial ownership of the common stock of Methanex Corporation at December  
31, 1994.  
  
	FMR Corp.  
	By	/s/Arthur S. Loring  
Arthur S. Loring 
Vice President - Legal  
	Edward C. Johnson 3d  
	By	/s/Arthur S. Loring  
Arthur S. Loring 
Under Power of Attorney dated  
5/17/89 
On File with Schedule 13G for 
Airborne Freight Corp. 9/10/91  
	Fidelity Management & Research Company  
	By	/s/Arthur S. Loring  
Arthur S. Loring 
Sr. V.P. and General Counsel  
 
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