The press was sealed, and the semi-finished products being fired as well as the mud, glaze slurry and other raw materials in the equipment were all broken in an instant. Thousands of front-line workshop workers were suddenly "unemployed". Various pottery machines were exposed to low temperatures. Equipment faces major safety hazards... Since October 17, the heads of more than 10 ceramic companies in Jianping County, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, the second largest ceramic production area in Northeast China, have been miserable.
The second largest ceramics production area in Northeast China has pressed the pause button
On October 14, the Chaoyang Municipal People's Government Office issued the "Mayor No. 1 Supervision Order for Ecological Environmental Protection Work". The supervision order requires that the Jianping County Party Committee and County Government form a special working group to strictly implement relevant ecological and environmental protection work. In accordance with laws and regulations, measures such as orders to stop production and daily fines will be adopted to ensure that ceramic production enterprises within the jurisdiction complete the installation and commissioning of automatic pollution source monitoring facilities and phenol-containing wastewater treatment equipment before the end of October 2020, so as to ensure that the discharge of pollutants from ceramic industry production meets standards. The Jianping County Environmental Protection Bureau acted quickly after receiving notification from relevant parties. On the morning of October 17, fines and seals arrived one after another.
"Ceramic Information" exclusively learned that in this surprise inspection operation, more than 10 ceramics production companies in the Jianping production area were not spared.
“I have not received any formal written materials about environmental rectification before, and I have only been notified verbally once. However, no one expected that at the critical time when we are working hard to reserve stocks, all the companies in the entire production area will be affected at once. The suspension and fines were imposed, and it happened very suddenly. "The person in charge of a ceramic company in Jianping Yebaishou Economic Development Zone told "Ceramic Information" that no ceramic companies in Jianping received any notification from the county before October 17, 2020. The Environmental Protection Bureau issued a formal written rectification notice to ceramic companies. "If each ceramic company has not received a rectification notice, there will be no refusal to correct, and high fines should not be imposed on each company."
The person in charge of the ceramics company said that despite the serious impact of the epidemic this year and the serious shortage of markets and funds, local ceramics companies have actively raised and arranged funds, purchased online monitoring equipment, and actively promoted related work. The monitoring equipment has been advanced. The factory is under construction, and there are still more than 10 days left until the end of October as required by the supervision order.
In addition, although local ceramic enterprises have not completed the installation and networking of automatic monitoring equipment, they are conducting regular monitoring, and the monitoring data are within the emission range of environmental assessment standards. "The sudden shutdown of equipment on October 17 forced all companies to suspend production without giving us any buffer time. It has already caused major economic losses to various companies."Regarding the facts and basis for the punishment, we have jointly submitted a hearing application to the Jianping County Environmental Protection Bureau. "The person in charge said.
The sudden stop caused a major safety hazard
Another person in charge of a ceramics company who did not want to be named said that the sudden suspension of production has objectively caused huge safety risks. The person in charge said that due to the particularity of the production of ceramic enterprises, water gas generators need to be stopped one after another. If production is stopped immediately, the raw coal cannot be transferred out, the residual gas cannot be discharged cleanly, and safety accidents such as poisoning and explosion are prone to occur.
Secondly, after production is stopped immediately, the input semi-finished products, mud and glaze slurry are stored in the ball mill and slurry tank. After the temperature drops and freezes in winter, accidents of expansion and damage of the ball mill and slurry tank are prone to occur.
Third, the immediate shutdown of drying towers and kilns will cause damage to the drying towers and kilns due to stress effects, and there is a risk of collapse. "We also jointly submitted a request for permission to extend the suspension time to the Yebaishou Economic Development Zone Management Committee, hoping to be granted a five-day grace period so that we can arrange the suspension of production in a scientific and orderly manner, but so far, we have not received a positive response." the person in charge said.
The person in charge said that there is no doubt that pollution in the ceramic industry has been rectified with the courage and determination of a strong man, and it deserves recognition. However, the relationship between clear waters and lush mountains and gold and silver mountains is not a fish and a bear's paw. Can the rectification actions be rational and scientific? , or even a little more humane?
According to the 2020 "Ceramic Industry Long March" national ceramic tile production capacity survey statistics, as of now, 11 construction ceramics production companies have settled in Jianping Yebaishou Economic Development Zone, with 19 production lines built and a daily production capacity of 211,500 square meters. Among them, there are 14 porcelain tile lines with a daily production capacity of 152,000 square meters, and 2 antique brick lines with a daily production capacity of 22,500 square meters.
The contribution of the ceramic industry to Jianping County is not only tax revenue, but also employment and a huge boost to the local service industry. This emergency suspension has brought not only direct economic losses to the company, but more importantly, the seasonal shutdown period is approaching, and the company is rushing to reserve inventory. This sudden suspension of production has seriously affected the company's stocking progress and The sales plan for winter and even next spring will suffer huge losses.
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
