Xinji Chemical Completes Barium Nitrate/Sodium Bisulfide
Co-Production Project

The barium nitrate/sodium bisulfide co-production project in
Xinji Chemical Group Co., Ltd. was completed and put on stream
on March 28th, 2007 in Xinji, Hebei province. The project has
a total investment of RMB3.0 million and was started
construction on January 8th, 2007 with domestic advanced
production process is used. The project is the first barium
nitrate/sodium bisulfide unit in China. The sales revenue is
expected to reach RMB14 million a year.
   Barium nitrate is mainly used to produce chemical reagents
and other barium salts. Sodium bisulfide is mainly used as
intermediate for the synthesis of various organic products and
as assistant for sulfur dyes. Subordinate to ChemChina (China
National Chemical Corporation), Xinji Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
is a producer of barium and strontium salts.