Rely on its own advantages Henan strengthens and expands the coal salt chemical industry base

After “promoting the rise of central China” has been promoted as a national policy, the six central provinces are actively exploring their own development roads in order to form their own unique development characteristics, and the chemical industry is no exception. Henan Province has positioned the province’s chemical industry as a major modernized industrial base and a coal-salt chemical industry base with international competitiveness.

Strategic positioning depends on its own advantages
- Advantages of energy resources. Henan Province has abundant coal, salt, water and electricity resources. The province has the tenth largest coal reserve in the country and is one of the 13 large-scale coal bases identified by the country. The salt reserves rank second in the country, among which the Wuyang salt resources rank first in the country. One; Tongbai County has a wealth of high quality natural alkali mineral resources, ranking first in Asia and second in the world. These are the most favorable natural conditions for the development of coal salt chemical industry in Henan.
- Industry base and technological advantages. The modern coal chemical industry has developed rapidly in Henan. In 2008, the output of refined methanol ranks first in the country; the saline-alkali industry structure with balanced chlor-alkali, reasonable structure, and production and demand has basically formed. A large number of internationally advanced coal-salt chemical production technology and key equipment have settled in Henan, making the comprehensive strength of Henan coal-salt chemical industry rank among the top in the country.
--Location Advantage. Henan is in the transitional zone between the second and third steps in China. In recent years, some major national projects such as the Ningxi Railway, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the West-East Electricity Transmission Project, and the West-East Gas Transmission Project have all passed through Henan Province. Their status as the hub of the east and the west and the north and south of the country are beyond the reach of other provinces.
--Market Advantage. Henan is the largest and most populous province in the country, which determines that Henan plays a decisive role in stimulating domestic demand and promoting the development of the domestic chemical market.

Promote the development of coal salt chemicals to high-end petrochemical products
According to reports, in the coming period, the key tasks for the development of Henan coal salt chemical industry will be divided into three major blocks. The first is to accelerate the technological transformation of the traditional fertilizer industry and focus on the development of the ammonia processing industry chain. Henan is a large agricultural province and has a huge market base for the development of the fertilizer industry. Henan plans to focus on the development of large-scale urea, co-produce products such as melamine, methylamine and dimethylformamide to promote the development of the fertilizer industry in the direction of large-scale, low-cost and energy-saving; to diversify the raw materials of synthetic ammonia raw materials to reduce the high prices. Reliance on lump coal; phase out high-energy, heavy-polluting ammonia plants below 80,000 tons; layout 3 to 5 sets of large-scale urea plants over 400,000 tons to form 2 to 3 million-ton urea Enterprises; develop new fertilizer varieties such as liquid fertilizers, slow-release fertilizers, etc.
The second is to seize the commanding height of modern coal chemical industry development and focus on the development of the carbon-chemical industry chain. Henan plans to actively introduce strategic investors, integrate existing methanol and other product resources, and build large-scale coal chemical and deep-processing projects in areas such as Yubei, Yuxi, and Yudong, focusing on the development of methanol to olefins, ethylene glycol, acetic acid, and polyoxymethylene, Vinyl acetate and other products.
The third is to optimize the salt chemical industry structure and focus on the development of the salt alkali chemical industry chain. Henan plans to rely on Yewu Yantian, Puyang Yantian, Tongbai natural alkali mines, and backbone saline-alkali chemical companies, focusing on the construction of Pingdingshan (Dingshan) 漯 (river), Jiaozuo (source), Puyang, and Nanyang four salt chemical industries. The base forms an industrial layout with intensive and large-scale development. At the same time extend the industrial chain and increase the added value of the salt chemical industry. Focusing on the salt-soda ash, caustic soda-chlorine and hydrogen deep processing product chain, combined with salt brine, coke and limestone resource advantages, accelerating the development of polyvinyl chloride profiles and PVDC (polyvinylidene chloride) films with high added value and large market demand. Chlor-alkali deep-processed products such as chlorinated polymers, chlorine-containing intermediates and new refrigerants, and vigorously developing high-value-added chlorine products such as PVC paste resins, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, and chlorinated polypropylene to improve the deep processing of chlorine. Ratio; Relying on Tongba's high-quality natural alkali resources, expanding the scale of low-salt soda ash and its deep processing, and forming a million-ton-ton low-salt, heavy-duty soda ash production base in Nanyang. Before 2012, Henan will gradually eliminate the production capacity of membrane caustic soda and build a large-scale melamine plant, forming 2-3 synthetic caustic soda, soda ash, and melamine integrated million tons of cascading alkali chemical base.
Through the implementation of the above measures, Henan coal chemical industry concentration will continue to increase, the production capacity of key enterprises such as methanol, acetic acid, urea, polyvinyl chloride, caustic soda will exceed 80%, the sales revenue of major industrial bases exceeds 80% of the province's chemical industry .