US$1.1 BLN Soda Ash Project Kicks off in Jiangsu   

Taiwan Glass Group, one of the top ten float glass manufacturers in the world, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction on its 1.0 million t/a Hou's process soda ash integrated project in Huai'an of Jiangsu province on September 29th, 2009. Taiwan Glass Group scheduled to totally invest US$1.14 billion on this project, including US$600 million for the first phase.
   This project has a capacity of 1.0 million t/a for both soda ash project and ammonia chloride project, as well as a 1.2 million t/a capacity for its matching vacuum salt unit. The project is due for completion in the fourth quarter of 2011, and when in full operation, it will make full use of the abundant salt mineral resources in Huai'an to produce soda ash as feedstock for its glass production. Taiwan Glass Group estimated that this project will contribute annual sales revenue of RMB3.0 billion for the company after 2011.
   Taiwan Glass Group has begun to invest in mainland since 1993, and now, it has owned plants in many areas such as Kunshan of Jiangsu province, Qingdao of Shandong province and Chengdu of Sichuan province.