CHINA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed nitrogen fluoride plant, DUPONT...

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

A Sino/American joint venture was recently established in view of building a fluoroproducts plant in China. The partners in te planned undertaking include US-based DUPONT FLUOROPRODUCTS and the local CHINA NUCLEAR HONGHUA SPECIALTY GASES CO.

According to the terms of the collaborative agreement, the planned venture will be majority owned by DUPONT. Construction plans under consideration call for building a plant to produce the chamber-cleaning gas known as nitrogen trifluoride. In so doing the new facility, of undisclosed cost, will be