Asia
3 November 2026
Written by Natalie Noor-Drugan
China’s Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group will build a 2 Mt/y phosphogypsum-to-sulphuric acid project. The company says the plant will cut its reliance on purchased sulphur.
Xingfa’s wholly owned subsidiary, Yidu Xingfa Chemical Co., Ltd, will invest RMB 1.436 billion ($216 million) in the project. It will be built at the Yidu Green Ecological Industrial Park.
How quickly the sulphur market will recover after a turbulent second half of the year was one of the key themes of CRU’s Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
Japan's largest power generator, JERA, has signed an agreement with Indian green ammonia producer AM Green to power ships with green ammonia.
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC) has awarded Tata Projects an engineering, procurement and construction contract for an integrated phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid complex at Sikka in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
JFE Steel, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsubishi Chemical have begun a demonstration project in Japan that converts steelmaking by-product gas into methanol and then propylene.