Dahua Group Relocates Soda Ash Plant

Dahua Group Dalian Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. will relocate its soda ash and ammonium chloride plants, currently in central Dalian, Liaoning province, to the Songmu Island of Dalian, which has a convenient supply of salt. Dahua Group's current soda ash capacity is 800,000 tonnes a year while ammonium chloride capacity is 280,000 tonnes per annum. The existing facilities shut down in June 2006 and the new one will start production in 2008. The new facility will have a capacity of 600,000 tonnes per year of soda ash and the same amount of ammonium chloride.