Xinjiang Firm Expanding Calcium Carbide Factory

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Company Limited (Urumqi City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region) began a project this month in Fukang City's calcium carbide production base in order to double its capacity. The 200,000-ton-per-annum factory is based on Zhongtai's existing production lines with the same capacity.

Zhongtai President Wang Hongxin said the factory will use a closed 30,000-kilovolt-ampere calcium carbide oven. The factory, expected to be complete by December, will provide materials to Zhongtai's $1.5 billion Chemical Industrial Park, which is under construction in Urumqi's Midong District.

Zhongtai also has other plans to expand its business. By 2010, Zhongtai expects to be producing more than 1 million tons of PVC resin and ion-exchange-membrane caustic soda, with demand for calcium carbide exceeding 1.5 million tons per year.

Zhongtai is also adopting an environment-friendly development plan. The products and factories will be integrated into a chain in which wasted energy and materials are recycled throughout the production process, Wang said.

Zhongtai's plan includes a 5 million-ton-per-annum coal mine in Xinjiang's Huaidong area. A 2006 report said the area has 68.5 billion tons of coal deposit, making it one of China's largest coal mines.

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