southwestern China. CSRC hasbudgeted Rmb 500 M for this project,which should be completed by May2011. One of the major customers forCSRC’s carbon black will beChengShin Rubber Industry Co Ltd(another company headquartered inTaiwan), which is currently building anew factory for making 10 M units/y ofradial tyres, also on the ChangshouYanjia estate.

CSRC already has two carbonblack plants in Mainland China – a125,000 tonnes/y plant at Ma’anshan(Anhui province, 60 km southwest ofNanjing) and a 70,000 tonnes/y plantat Anshan (Liaoning province, 115 kmsouthwest of Shenyang). Thecompany’s medium-term objective isto raise its carbon black capacity inChina to 900,000 tonnes/y by 2015.

Elsewhere in Asia, CSRC has a120,000 tonnes/y plant at LinYuan(Taiwan). CSRC also has a majoritystake in Continental Carbon India Ltd(CCIL), which operates a 65,000tonnes/y plant at Ghaziabad (25 kmeast of New Delhi, India). CCIL isplanning to establish a 450,000tonnes/y plant at Vizakhapatnam onthe northeastern coast of India withinthe next five years. (See ‘Focus onPigments’, Aug 2010, 6).

China Chemical Reporter, 6 Aug 2010, 21 (15), 9

China: Handan & Jiangxi Black Cat –carbon black

Handan Black Cat Co wasestablished in April 2010 as a jointventure company, in which JiangxiBlack Cat Co has a 75%shareholding. The ownership of theother 25% of the equity in HandanBlack Cat has not been revealed.With a capital injection of Rmb 450 Mfrom Jiangxi Black Cat, a 160,000tonnes/y carbon black is going to bebuilt at Handan (Hebei province, 175km south of the provincial capital,Shijiazhuang).

Jiangxi Black Cat is one of the topthree carbon black producers inChina, alongside CSRC and Cabot. Italready has four carbon black plants –at Jingdezhen (Jiangxi province);Hancheng (Shaanxi province);Chaoyang (Liaoning province); andWuhai (Inner Mongolia province). Thecompany is nearing completion of aproject to install a fourth 40,000tonnes/y production line at Wuhai,

which will raise its total carbon blackcapacity to 420,000 tonnes/y. (See‘Focus on Pigments’, Feb 2010, 4).

China Chemical Reporter, 6 Aug 2010, 21 (15), 11

India: Huber – precipitated silica

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM,headquartered at Atlanta, GA) plansto more than double its capacity forprecipitated silica at Jhagadia (90 kmsouth of Vadodara/Baroda in Gujaratprovince). When the project iscompleted in early 2012, the Jhagadiaplant will be able to produce up to33,000 tonnes/y of silica. Hubermarkets silica and silicates fromJhagadia to manufacturers oftoothpaste, paint and paper. Mr ChuckHerak (Vice President & GeneralManager of the Silica business unit)said: “With the successful start-up ofour newest silica plant at Qingdao,China (See ‘Focus on Pigments’, Aug2009, 5), we can now focus ourexpansion efforts on this new projectin India.”

Chemical and Engineering News, 2 Aug 2010, 88 (31),25 (Website: http://www.cen-online.org)

India: Omya & Tamil Nadu Newsprint &Papers – PCC

Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd(TNNP) and Omya International haveagreed to jointly build, own andoperate a 60,000 tonnes/yprecipitated calcium carbonate (PCC)plant, scheduled to come on-streamby December 2011. The plant will belocated at Karur (Tamil Naduprovince, about 300 km south ofBengalaru, aka Bangalore).

Chemical Engineering World, Jul 2010, 45 (7), 91

Japan: Hayashi – talc

Hayashi Kasei is poised to start-up anew facility for processing 20,000tonnes/y of Indian talc at itsHashimoto site in Wakayamaprefecture, 50 km south of Osaka.The unit cost Yen 800 M to build andthe crude talc feedstock will besupplied by Golcha under a long-termcontract. The finished talc product willbe mainly used to make talc-filledpolymers suitable for automotiveapplications. This new facility willraise Hayashi’s total talc processingcapacity at Hashimoto to 30,000

tonnes/y. Hitherto, most of Japan’simported talc has come from Chinesesources, but Hayashi believes thatGolcha can offer better stability ofsupply and higher quality material.

Japan Chemical Web, 11 Aug 2010, (Website:http://www.japanchemicalweb.jp)

Japan: Sumitomo – resorcinol

Sumitomo Chemical recently broughton-stream a new resorcinol plant atOita (on the southern island ofKyushu). Together with the existingplant at Chiba (50 km east of Tokyo),Sumitomo Chemical now has thecapability to produce up to 30,000tonnes/y of resorcinol. The companyclaims to be the lowest cost resorcinolproducer in the world, with a globalmarket share in excess of 50%.

Resorcinol is an importantintermediate in the manufacture of anumber of products, including variousultraviolet absorbers, dyes andcolorants, including oxidative colorantsused in hair-care treatments.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Jun/Jul 2010, 23(3), 4

Poland & UK: Ampacet – masterbatch

Ampacet, the world’s largest plasticmasterbatch producer, is installing twonew 250 tonnes/y manufacturinglines, one at Telford (in the EnglishMidlands), the other at Warsaw(Poland). Both lines will be designedto produce high-quality bespokecolour and special-effect master-batches.

The Telford line is expected tobegin producing onwards from August2010, the Polish line should becommissioned during the fourthquarter of the year.

Plastics and Rubber Weekly, 23 Jul 2010, 6

Thailand: Tokai – carbon black

Tokai Carbon has confirmed itsintention to spend Yen 5 bn to install aseventh production line at its Srirachacarbon black plant (130 km north ofPhathalung).

This project was originallyscheduled for completion during 1Q2010, but it was postponed at the timeof the global economic crisis. Theseventh line should now be ready for

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