By Xinhua
Beijing : China’s largest chemical firm has said it is working on a 700-million yuan ($96 million) technology upgradation project to achieve the target of zero pollutants in the industrial effluents discharged by its plants.
Ren Jianxin, president of ChemChina, told the annual work meeting Thursday, “In 2008, ChemChina will reduce the energy consumption of unit output value by seven percent, while the discharge of waste water, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide will be lowered by more than three percent,” he said.
Among these technologies, the “in-depth treatment of waste water from oil refineries” and the “zero discharge of waste water in chlorine-alkali industry” have been examined and appraised by experts from universities and research institutes, Ren said.
Chemchina has been ranked 35th among the country’s 500 top enterprises, with assets and sales both exceeding 100 billion yuan ($13.74 billion). Its core businesses include oil refining, agricultural and chlorine-alkali chemicals.