Invest 500 million. Second Announcement on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Trifluorochloroethylene and Related Projects in Jiangxi Lihua Chemical Industry

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On February 24, Jiangxi Lihua Culture and Industry Co., Ltd. issued the second announcement regarding the environmental impact assessment for its trichloroethylene and related projects. Project Name: Jiangxi Lihua Chemical Co., Ltd. Trifluorochloroethylene and Related Projects ； Construction unit: Jiangxi Lihua Culture and Art Co., Ltd ； Construction location: Within the existing factory area (the southern factory area) of Jiangxi Lihua Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., in the Mawei Industrial City of Ruichang Economic Development Zone, Jiangxi ； Construction nature: Renovation and expansion ； Total investment amount: 500 million yuan ； Construction scale: To support the expansion of the tetrachloroethylene industry chain, it is planned to build a new facility with an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), which will also produce 1,000 tons of trifluoroethylene (TrFE) as a by-product. In addition, a facility with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tons of trifluorotrichloroethane (R113) will be constructed as well. The project is planned to be constructed in two phases. In the first phase, a plant with an annual capacity of 5,000 tons of chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) will be built, with 500 tons of trifluoroethylene (TFE) produced as a by-product; simultaneously, a plant with an annual capacity of 10,000 tons of trifluorotrichloroethane (R113) will also be established ； New trifluorochloroethylene storage tanks and trifluoroethylene storage tanks will be constructed; the remaining utility and auxiliary facilities, as well as plant-wide facilities, will make use of the existing installations. The main product of this project, trichlorofluoroethylene, also known as chlorotrifluoroethylene, is an important fluorinated polymer monomer. Trifluorochloroethylene can be used to produce fluorine-based coatings, fluorine resins, fluororubbers, and chlorofluorinated lubricants through homopolymerization or copolymerization. These fluorine-containing materials possess excellent chemical inertness and weather resistance, and are widely utilized in fields such as advanced technology, military and aerospace applications, and the electronics industry. Trifluorochloroethylene can be used as a monomer to produce polytrifluorochloroethylene (PCTFE), ethylene and trifluorochloroethylene copolymers (ECTFE), fluorovinyl ether/ester crosslinked polymers (FEVE), and vinylidene fluoride and trifluorochloroethylene copolymers (F23), among others. Furthermore, trifluorochloroethylene is also an important fluorine-containing intermediate that can be used to produce downstream products such as trifluoroethylene, trifluorobromoethylene, hexafluorobutadiene, trifluorostyrene, and fluorobrominated oils. Currently, many domestic companies are applying for production quotas for the R113 raw material, chlorotrifluoroethylene, in an effort to enter the industry related to CTFE-based products, resulting in fierce competition.