60 000 T/A Barium Sulfate Project Starts up
Year:2007 ISSUE:11
COLUMN:PROJECT NEWS
Click:215    DateTime:Apr.17,2007
60 000 T/A Barium Sulfate Project Starts up

China Haohua Hebei Xinji Chemical Co., Ltd. recently put the 60
000 t/a barium sulfate project on stream in Pingli county, Ankang,
Shaanxi province. It is released by a principal of Pingli county
that Pingli Barium Sulfate Project has spent a total investment
of RMB80 million for the first phase with the capacity of 60 000
t/a barium sulfate and 20 000 t/a by-product sodium sulfide. The
annual sales revenue of RMB150 million is expected to be realized
for the company after the completion of the first phase. After
the completion of the second phase, the total barium sulfate
capacity of Pingli county will reach 120 000 t/a, taking China's
construction industry developing at full speed as the object
market.
    As an important basic chemical raw material, barium sulfate
has extensive applications in coatings, printing ink, rubber,
plastics, pigment, adhesive, pharmaceutical and fragrant
materials. Although the annual barites export amount is more
than 3.6 million tons in China, the annual export amount for
barium sulfate was only over 40 thousands tons.