On
15 April, Laiwu Branch of Jinan Municipal Ecology and Environment
Bureau accepted the environmental impact statement of the citric acid
deep-processing project proposed by Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd.
(Laiwu Taihe) to include potassium citrate, calcium citrate and
magnesium citrate to its portfolio.
Project overview:
Construction nature: Expansion
Location: Laiwu High-Tech Zone of Jinan City, Shandong Province
Total investment: USD3.67 million (RMB26.00 million), USD56,387 (RMB400,000) of which for environmental protection
Construction content:
Build
a new production workshop on the existing land with one production line
for food-grade potassium citrate, one line for pharmaceutical-grade
calcium citrate and one line for magnesium citrate
Build
main equipment such as neutralisation tank, membrane filtration,
centrifugal machines, hot and cold air filters, sieving machine
Feedstock: monohydrate citric acid (self-produced) for potassium citrate, calcium citrate and magnesium citrate
Working system: 21 people in 3 x 8-hour shifts working for 300 days per year
Construction period: 3 months
Table Product scheme of Laiwu Taihe
|
No.
|
Product
|
Designed capacity, t/a
|
Specification
|
Product executive standard
|
|
1
|
Potassium citrate
|
5,000
|
20-to-60-mesh particles
|
Food Additive—Potassium Citrate (GB1886.74-2015)
|
|
2
|
Calcium citrate
|
2,000
|
above-80-mesh particles and powders
|
Food Nutrition Enhancer—Calcium Citrate (GB1903.14-2016)
|
|
3
|
Magnesium citrate
|
2,000
|
powders
|
Company standard
|
Source: Laiwu Taihe's environmental impact statement
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