ChemChina Makes Headway in Waste Water Treatment     

China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), China's largest chemical manufacturer, recently announced that it was making headway in waste water treatment amid increased efforts to save energy and reduce pollutants.
    A pilot program in chemical enterprises located in Tianjin could recycle more than 80 percent of the waste water generated by oil refining, the Beijing-based company reported in a statement.
    The recycling cost is just over RMB2 per ton, compared with the city's water prices at RMB6.2 per ton, it released.
    ChemChina had set a target of "zero emissions" and would invest RMB700 million this year to help pilot enterprises with technical renovation.
    Ren Jianxin, President of ChemChina, said that the company would reduce energy consumption for every RMB10 000 of production value by 7% this year, with waste water discharges, chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emissions set to drop 3%.
    ChemChina, established in May 2004, was ranked 35th among China's 500 top enterprises in 2007, with assets and annual sales both exceeding RMB100 billion.