Lianyi Chem Completes Caustic Soda Expansion     

Wuzhou Lianyi Chemical Company Limited (Lianyi Chem) reported on November 5th that it has completed renovation and expansion on its 75 000 t/a caustic soda unit and put it on stream. Its total capacity of caustic soda now was doubled to 150 000 t/a. Through this expansion, the company also increased its capacity to produce chlorine.  
   Lianyi Chem, located in Wuzhou, Guangxi region, southern China, was a wholly owned subsidiary of Nanning Chemical Industry Co Ltd (SH: 600301) who has suffered huge losses in 2008 and 2009. Lianyi Chem also engages in the production of trichloroisocyanuric acid and sodium chlorite.