Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Technical Transformation Project on Adjusting the Raw Material Structure to Shift Nitrogen Fertilizer Production from Urban Areas to Industrial Parks, Shandong Jinmei Mingshui Chemical Group Co., Ltd

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Shandong Jinmei Mingshui Chemical Group Co., Ltd. – Technical Transformation Project for Adjusting the Raw Material Structure in Order to Shift Nitrogen Fertilizer Production Out of Urban Areas and Into Industrial Parks. Environmental Impact Report. Author/Source: Mingshua Group. Date: 2019-07-15. Views: 18. Shandong Jinmei Mingshui Chemical Group Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Jinan Mingshui Fertilizer Factory; it was established in 1958 and was one of the first 13 demonstration plants for small-scale nitrogen fertilizer production in China. In April 2005, Jinan Mingshui Fertilizer Factory was restructured and renamed “Shandong Mingshui Chemical Co., Ltd.”” ； In June 2005, Shandong Mingshui Chemical Co., Ltd. entered into a strategic joint venture agreement with Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., thereby forming a powerful partnership. In October 2009, the company’s name was changed to “Shandong Jinmei Mingshui Chemical Group Co., Ltd.” From 2010 to 2018, Minghua Group implemented the strategy of moving out of urban areas and into industrial parks; as a result, the Mingshui Fertilizer Factory located in Zhangqiu city center, Zhangqiu Luming Chemical Co., Ltd., and Jinan Mingshui Thermal Power Co., Ltd. were all demolished. All of the group’s facilities are now concentrated at the Mingquan Fertilizer Factory within the Di Town Chemical Industrial Park in Jinan. In recent years, as the production capacity in the synthetic ammonia/urea industry has become excessive and overall technical standards have improved, higher demands have been placed on the enterprises involved in this sector. Minghua Group’s Mingquan Fertilizer Plant uses anthracite as the raw material for ammonia alcohol production. Due to the high concentration in the production of anthracite coal and limited output, as well as the scattered customer base and a high degree of integration along the supply chain, its price remains high for extended periods, thereby reducing the competitiveness of enterprises that use anthracite coal as raw material for ammonia/urea production. Minghua Group is actively adapting to the trend of adjusting its raw material structure. It plans to carry out technical renovation projects aimed at restructuring these raw materials by moving production out of urban areas and into industrial parks. New facilities for raw water purification, gasification, air separation, shift reaction, methanol washing, liquid nitrogen washing, and sulfur recovery will be built, utilizing the water-coal slurry gasification process. Additionally, the existing ammonia, alcohol, and urea production units will be upgraded, enabling an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of synthetic ammonia (as intermediate products) and 800,000 tons of urea. The construction site for the proposed project is located within the existing factory complex of Minghua Group in the Chemical Industry Park of Di Town, Jinan City, with a construction period of 36 months. The proposed project has been registered with the Jinan Economic and Information Technology Commission (Registration No. Ji Jing Xin Ji Gai Bei 004). Jijing Letter No. 2 approved an extension of the project’s filing validity period until January 16, 2020).