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China’s largest sodium methoxide plant comes online in Yulin Author/Source: Sinochem News Network Date: June 16, 2023 Clicks: 22 On June 14, China’s largest sodium methoxide plant – the 100,000-ton/year sodium methoxide production facility of Yulin Hongyu Environmental Protection and Recycled Resources Co., Ltd. – was completed and put into operation in Yulin, Shaanxi, producing high-quality, crystal-clear products. The project is located in the Fine Chemical Park of Yulin High-Tech Zone (Yuheng Industrial Park). Utilizing methanol produced by the company’s 150,000 tons per year mixed alcohol comprehensive utilization project, along with the abundant sodium hydroxide available locally, it employs a process technology that combines vertical sieve plates with pressurized distillation to produce sodium methoxide. The total investment in the project is 180 million yuan. After two years of construction, it was put into operation on June 9 this year and has now entered the preparatory stage for trial production. The product test report on the day of production showed that the purity of sodium methoxide was 30.2%, which met the quality standards. It is understood that Yulin is one of the largest domestic production bases for coal-based methanol and chlor-alkali chemicals, with abundant resources of methanol and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) in the area. Once the 100,000-ton sodium methoxide production project of Yulin Hongyu Environmental Protection is put into operation, it will not only generate an annual output value of 300 million yuan, but also help reduce the market pressure on methanol and sodium hydroxide in the region, expand the range of available products, and extend the industrial chain. Sodium methoxide is primarily used in the pharmaceutical industry, as a condensing agent in organic synthesis, as a chemical reagent, and as a catalyst for processing edible oils; it has broad market prospects.