Construction begins on Hubei Sanning relocation and transformation project with an investment of 10 billion yuan

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Construction begins on Hubei Sanning’s relocation and transformation project with an investment of 10 billion yuan / Author/Source: Huahua Network Coal Chemicals Date: 2018-02-11 Clicks: 81 On February 9, the inauguration ceremony for Hubei Sanning Chemical Co., Ltd.’s relocation and transformation project, involving an investment of 10 billion yuan, was held. In December 2017, after 6 months of preparatory work, Yichang Tiantian Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hubei Sanning, incurred losses of 350 million yuan and was completely shut down and demolished. It is reported that Hubei Sanning has invested 10 billion yuan in this project. On one hand, this is to phase out urea factories with relatively outdated production technologies that are located near the Yangtze River, setting an example by ensuring that no such factories remain within one kilometer of the river within three years. On the other hand, the company adopts the most advanced processes, technologies, and equipment available domestically and internationally to achieve its transformation from traditional fertilizers to new materials. The total estimated investment is 10 billion yuan, with a planned construction period of 24 months; completion and operation are expected by December 2019. The world’s most advanced technologies have been adopted in terms of safety and environmental protection, process routes, and equipment selection. This not only enables coal-based multi-product co-production and industrial upgrading, but also offers advantages such as advanced technology, lower investment, reduced overall energy consumption, and low costs. Hubei Sanning has adjusted its 13th Five-Year Development Plan. Based on existing coal chemical, phosphate chemical, and fine chemical products, and with new fertilizers, new energy, new materials, as well as a green, circular, and low-carbon economy as the development directions, efforts will be made to adjust the industrial structure and extend the industrial chain. Priority will be given to building smart factories, with the aim of achieving the “1520” target: investing 15 billion yuan in the construction of eight major projects, thereby generating 20 billion yuan in sales revenue and 2 billion yuan in profits and taxes. It is reported that in the coal chemical sector, efforts are focused on upgrading the technical equipment, products, and processes for five main categories of products: coal-derived olefins, aromatics, ethylene glycol, oils, and gases ； In the phosphate chemicals sector, efforts focus on extending the industrial chain and improving the quality of production capacity. In addition to monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, and sulfur-based compound fertilizers, high-value products such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate and phosphates can be produced through the purification of wet-process phosphoric acid; nitro-sulfur-based compound fertilizers represented by Jintianeng are also part of this range ； In the field of petroleum-based fine chemicals, efforts are focused on special materials such as caprolactam, for which import volumes are high; through independent development, these imported products are sought to be replaced. Among them, the project in Hubei for adjusting the raw material structure of ammonia synthesis and producing 600,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol is based on the ammonia production capacity of 520,000 tons per year of Sanning Company’s urea plant and Tiantian Company’s plants. Without increasing this capacity, the existing urea production facilities that use bituminous coal as raw material and rely on atmospheric-pressure batch fixed-bed gasifiers, atmospheric-pressure desulfurization processes, and high-pressure ammonia synthesis, as well as the downstream urea and ammonium bicarbonate production units, are to be phased out. A new facility will be built using Shenhua’s high-quality coal as raw material to produce 400,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol and 520,000 tons per year of synthetic ammonia ； Using sulfur as raw material, 800,000 tons per year of industrial-grade sulfuric acid is produced. Hubei Sanning Chemical Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Zhijiang County Fertilizer Factory, and was established in 1970. In 1993, it was restructured as a state-controlled joint-stock company on a pilot basis, and in 2001 its ownership was privatized through the \"two swaps\" reform. In 2007, it came under the control of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group Co., Ltd., a large state-owned enterprise.