Summary: On 13 Feb., the environment impact report (draft for approval) of the 100,000 t/a lactide / polylactic acid (PLA) and 200,000 t/a lactic acid (LA) project of Golden Far East was publicised.

On 13 Feb., the environment impact report (draft for approval) of the 100,000 t/a lactide / polylactic acid (PLA) and 200,000 t/a lactic acid (LA) project of Shouguang Golden Far East Modified Starch Co., Ltd. (Golden Far East) was publicised on the website of the Government of Shouguang City, Shandong Province.

Project overview:

• Construction nature: Expansion
• Total investment: USD218 million (RMB1.50 billion), USD0.29 million (RMB2.00 million) of which for environmental protection
• Location: Gucheng Subdistrict, Shouguang City, Shandong Province
• New site area: around 3.33 ha
• Construction content: New structures—three workshops, one warehouse, one utility facility leveraging the existing workshop
• Adding capacity:
• 269,453 t/a 80% LA (made from 34% starch sugar solution after liquefaction and saccharification of starch emulsion): 27.84% (=75,009 t/a, equal to 60,007 t/a 100% volume) will be for sale and 72.16% (=194,444 t/a) will be processed into 100% LA via molecular distillation.
• 140,000 t/a 100% LA (mainly via molecule distillation equipment), for sale or the later product productions (if all are sold, no subsequent production will be conducted)
• 100,000 t/a Lactide (with 100% LA as input), for sale or going to the later product production (if all are sold, no subsequent production will be conducted); and 3,210 t/a low-grade LA, to be diluted to 4,012 t/a of low-grade 80% lactic acid for sale
• 100,000 t/a PLA (with lactide as input), all for sale
• Working system: This project will re-distribute the 100 workers assigned for the project under construction presently at the same site, to work for three 8-hour shifts per day, for 330 days per year.
• Construction duration: 24 months

 

Golden Far East is founded in Sept. 2004 with a registered capital of USD13.85 million and owned by Shandong Shouguang Juneng Golden Corn Co., Ltd. (64.65%) and China Starch Group Limited (35.35%).