Hualu and Saiding presented aspects of the overall design for the Yushen Industrial Park, which is part of the relocation, upgrading, and renovation project in Xinghua, Shaanxi
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On the afternoon of December 13, Shaanxi Xinghua Group Co., Ltd. held a special meeting on the project for relocation, upgrading, and renovation. The meeting saw thorough discussions on the plans regarding the key process technologies to be used in the project, as well as the selection of equipment with long service lifespans. As a result of these discussions, constructive suggestions were put forward regarding the process technology approaches for the key installations and the selection of large-scale rotating equipment. The focus of the Xinghua relocation, upgrading and transformation project lies in technological upgrades. The dedicated team should strictly adhere to basic principles such as \"advanced technology, sustainability, energy efficiency, and low carbon emissions\" when selecting processing technologies and key equipment, in order to achieve the goal of making this project a provincial model for relocation and transformation. On the afternoon of the 14th, the company held another internal review meeting for the overall project design. The meeting was chaired by the project leader, Yang Yan, with Xue Hongwei, the company’s deputy general manager, as well as the heads of relevant departments and centers attending the meeting. At the meeting, Hualu and Saiding, the two design institutes, presented reports on the overall design tasks they had undertaken. The attendees listened carefully to these reports and offered suggestions for improvement. The meeting noted that the overall design for this project was completed in just 40 days, which represents an acceleration faster than ever seen in the industry. The start date of the project remains March next year, and the scope of work will not decrease; therefore, it is hoped that the design team will continue to maintain close communication and cooperation throughout the subsequent stages to ensure that the project kicks off on schedule in March next year. On October 11, the official website of Xinghua Group released the \"First Public Notice on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Relocation, Upgrading and Transformation Project of Shaanxi Xinghua Group Co., Ltd.\" It’s not Luochuan or Fuxian, but the Yushen Industrial Park further to the north. Based on various pieces of information, the goal is to have the new factory site completed and operational by 2027, while the existing 2,500-mu Xingping industrial park will be retained. Xinghua Group currently has total assets of nearly 8.3 billion yuan; its predecessor was the Xingping Fertilizer Factory in Shaanxi Province, which was established in 1965 ； In August 1997, it was restructured into Shaanxi Xinghua Group Co., Ltd., and in 2006 it became an important chemical segment under Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group). As one of the early fertilizer and chemical enterprises in our country to introduce technology from abroad for producing synthetic ammonia using heavy oil as a raw material, it is one of the largest production bases for ammonium nitrate products in the country, and it is also among the top 500 chemical enterprises in China. The proposed new location is situated in the Qingshui Industrial Park of the Yushen Industrial Zone in Yulin City, covering an area of about 1,500 mu. The Yushen Industrial Zone and the Yulin Economic and Technological Development Zone share \"two names but one set of administrative structures\"; they are economic and technological development zones at the ** level. Since the beginning of this year, the Yanchang Petroleum Bidding and Tendering Website has issued several documents regarding the relocation and renovation of Xinghua Group. Among them, the tender announcement dated September 30, titled \"Tender Announcement for the Overall Design, Foundation Engineering Design, and Technical Services for the Relocation and Upgrading Project of Shaanxi Xinghua Group,\" clearly outlined the location of the project as well as the details related to the renovation work.
The project site is located to the west of the 500,000-ton ethanol project at Yushen Energy and Chemicals in the Qingshui Industrial Park of the Yulin Yushen Industrial Zone. It covers an area of approximately 1,500 mu, and will house all the production facilities, utility systems, and auxiliary equipment needed to construct a plant capable of producing 600,000 tons per year of coal-based synthetic ammonia, 3×270,000-ton nitric acid plants, 860,000 tons of ammonium nitrate (of which 530,000 tons will be in commercial form and 330,000 tons will serve as raw material for compound fertilizers), 1 million tons of nitrocompound fertilizers, 20,000 tons of electronic-grade nitric acid, 10,000 tons of electronic-grade ammonia water, and 200,000 tons of liquid carbon dioxide. Similar to Hexinghua Group, Yushen Energy Chemicals, located next to the new site, is also a coal chemical manufacturing enterprise under the Yanchang Group. The Yushen Nenghua 500,000-ton ethanol project is currently the largest coal-based ethanol project in the world. Xinghua Shares was established in 1997 by Xinghua Group in collaboration with 17 other entities, and it went public in 2007. The current controlling shareholder is Yanchang Petroleum Group. At present, the leadership team of Xinghua Shares is primarily held by Xinghua Group, which also serves as its parent company; Xinghua Group’s official website’s “Company Overview” section refers to Xinghua Shares as its “controlled subsidiary”. Now that Yushen Energy Chemical has also been incorporated into Xinghua Shares, Xinghua Group will also need to move next to Yulin Energy Chemical. According to media reports, in June this year, Xinghua Co., Ltd. issued a statement indicating its intention to acquire 51% of the shares in Yulin Kaiyue Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., which is part of the Yan’an Petroleum Group. If this acquisition is successful, then by integrating the affiliated companies under the Yanchang Petroleum Group in Yulin, the Xinghua Group, which is set to establish its presence in Yulin, will be able to deploy its operations in multiple locations there. On October 11, the official website of Xinghua Group released the \"First Public Notice on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Relocation, Upgrading and Transformation Project of Shaanxi Xinghua Group Co., Ltd.\" The public announcement indicates that the construction will include facilities for producing synthetic ammonia in an amount of 600,000 tons per year, dilute nitric acid in an amount of 3×270,000 tons per year, ammonium nitrate in 860,000 tons per year, and nitro-based compound fertilizers in 1 million tons per year. There will also be facilities for producing electronic-grade nitric acid at 20,000 tons per year, electronic-grade ammonia at 10,000 tons per year, as well as air separation units capable of producing 60,000 standard cubic meters of oxygen per hour, along with other supporting facilities. Existing facilities include a synthetic ammonia production line with an annual output of 250,000 tons, a dilute nitric acid production line with an annual output of 910,000 tons, a concentrated nitric acid production line with an annual output of 100,000 tons, an ammonium nitrate production line with an annual output of 580,000 tons, a soda ash production line with an annual output of 300,000 tons, an ammonium chloride production line with an annual output of 324,000 tons, a nitrate production line with an annual output of 80,000 tons, a hydroxyl iron powder production line with an annual output of 200 tons, a special gas production line with an annual output of 2 million standard cubic meters, as well as auxiliary facilities such as air separation units. Measures are taken to prevent pollution from wastewater, waste gas, and noise generated by these facilities, and solid waste is disposed of in a proper manner.