On February 26, Shandong Haihua issued an announcement stating that it plans to invest 4.837 billion yuan to implement a "Renovation Project for Soda Ash Plant Based on Comprehensive Utilization of Resources and Energy," with a construction period of 24 months.
The announcement stated that Shandong Haihua's existing 1.2 million tons/year ammonia-soda process soda ash production line has been operating for over 30 years. The equipment is outdated, energy consumption is high, and the production line has significant emission pressure, making it unsuitable for the needs of modern industrial development. Process upgrading is imperative. The planned scale of this ammonia-soda ash to co-alkali plant upgrade is 1 million tons/year, replacing the existing 1.2 million tons/year Solvay (ammonia-soda process) soda ash plant capacity. The capacity replacement ratio is 1.2:1, which is a reduction-to-replacement measure and complies with relevant national industrial policies.
According to the announcement, the project includes the construction of a new 400,000 tons/year synthetic ammonia plant and a new 1 million tons/year co-alkali plant (producing 400,000 tons of light soda ash, 600,000 tons of heavy soda ash, and 1.03 million tons of ammonium chloride as a byproduct). Simultaneously, the existing calcination, compression, packaging, storage, transportation, and some public works facilities of the old ammonia-soda production line can be utilized.
Shandong Haihua stated that the project takes the green and low-carbon transformation of energy as its core objective. It plans to systematically construct a green and low-carbon technology system through a dual approach of "green electricity substitution" and "direct supply cost reduction," laying the groundwork for the company to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in advance, and promoting the company's green and low-carbon transformation.
