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Mechanical completion of the 100,000-ton BDO project in Phase 4 of Zhongtai Meike Chemicals. Author/Source: Coal Chemical Industry Information Network. Date: July 2, 2022. Clicks: 16. On June 30, Zhongtai Meike Chemicals held a ceremony to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party and to mark the mechanical completion of the Phase 4 100,000-ton/year BDO project. This project makes full use of the existing utility facilities and auxiliary production systems in the Korla Economic Development Zone; it is significant for maximizing the utilization of the capacity of the facilities in that zone. It provides further support for Zhongtai Group to achieve higher-quality development and to gain an advantage in terms of scale and efficiency. Construction location: Korla City, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. Project overview: Construction of 3 sets of processing units, including a hydrogen production plant with a capacity of 15,000 Nm3/h, a formaldehyde production plant with an annual capacity of 360,000 tons, and a 1,4-butanediol production plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons. Utilities and auxiliary facilities: circulating water station, desalination station, refrigeration station, wastewater pretreatment station, 110kV main substation, flare system, fire protection system, hazardous waste temporary storage area, Class B warehouse, intermediate tank area, etc. Some facilities are to be renovated, including those for liquid storage and transportation, as well as the calcium carbide crushing plant. Xinjiang Meike Chemical Co., Ltd. is China’s largest BDO producer, with a production capacity of 260,000 tons, and is set to build an additional 100,000 tons of production capacity. Zhongtai Chemical holds 25% of the shares in Meike Chemical, while Zhongtai Chemical’s parent company, Xinjiang Zhongtai (Group) Co., Ltd., holds 53% of the shares in Meike Chemical. On September 16, 2021, the first public announcement was made regarding the environmental impact assessment for Xinjiang Meike Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 60,000 tons per year PBAT production project. Construction location: Korla Petroleum and Petrochemical Industrial Park, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. The total investment amount is 546.2109 million yuan. Public notice by the Environmental Impact Assessment and Emission Management Division of the Department of Ecology and Environment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region regarding the decision to approve the environmental impact assessment documents for construction projects, to be made on February 25, 2022. Recently, the approval for the registration of Xinjiang Meike Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 2×300,000 tons per year BDO production project was granted; this project uses the acetylene-aldehyde process based on natural gas to produce BDO. On March 31, previously, Wang Hongxin, chairman of Zhongtai Group, met in Beijing with Qiu Fasen, general manager of the Audit Department of Sinopec Group, and You Houping, deputy general manager of the Development Planning Department. They held discussions on accelerating cooperation with Sinopec and the joint development of a BDO industry chain by the central and local governments, in line with the directives given following Ma Xingrui, secretary of the Party Committee of the autonomous region,’s inspection of the Meike Chemical Industry Park and his instructions regarding the transfer of natural gas-to-acetylene technology to Sinopec Chuanwei Chemical Co., Ltd.