QUANZHOU CITY, China—Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. plans to expand carbon black production capacity at its Quanzhou City plant in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian.
The company reported on March 3 that local authorities approved the environmental impact assessment on the project to add an 80,000-metric-ton facility.
The $75 million (543 million yuan) investment in Quanhui Petrochemical Industrial Park, will include two rubber carbon black lines each with production capacities of 40,000 tons each.
Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical established its initial carbon black plant at the site last year, with the annual output of 70,000 tons.
The existing plant has a 40,000-ton carbon black production line for tires, a 20,000-ton carbon black line for rubber products, and a 10,000-ton specialty carbon black line.
The facility uses ethylene tar and catalytic cracking oil slurry to produce the hard and soft carbon black products.
A subsidiary of Sinochem Holding, Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical is an integrated oil refining and petrochemicals company, with capacity to process 15 million tons of crude and 1 million tons of ethylene production capacity.
