Cement industry in Taiwan

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A cement carrier ship in Port of Keelung, Keelung.
A concrete mixer truck in Taiwan.

Cement industry in Taiwan is the process of extracting cement material for domestic and export use.

History[]

Cement factories in Takao Prefecture during the Japanese rule of Taiwan.

The cement production in Taiwan dated back in 1946 with the establishment of Taiwan Cement.[1]

Production[]

A concrete plant in Xizhi District, New Taipei.

In 1981-2019, the monthly production of cement in Taiwan averaged 1,435,500 tonnes. The peak production occurred in December 1992 with a total production of 2,201,450 tonnes and the lowest production occurred in August 2017 with a total production of 748,640,000 tonnes.[citation needed]

Location[]

A cement plant owned by Asia Cement in Xincheng Township, Hualien County.

All of cement mines in Taiwan and 80% of cement production facilities are located in the east coast of Taiwan. Asia Cement Corporation has facilities of 5 million tons production capacity in Taiwan and 22 million tons in Mainland China, while Taiwan Cement has 11 million tons in Taiwan and 60 million tons in the mainland.[2]

Cement plants owned by Asia Cement are located in Xincheng Township, Longjing District and Hengshan Township.[3] Cement plants owned by Taiwan Cement are located in Su'ao Township, Xiulin Township and Hualien City.[4][5]

Companies[]

Headquarters office of Taiwan Cement in Zhongshan District, Taipei.

Major cement companies in Taiwan are:

Economy[]

In 2016, Taiwan exported more than 25% of its cement production with lower price and imported 12%.[citation needed]

Labors[]

Half of employees at Asia Cement Corporation are the indigenous peoples.[6]

Environmental impacts[]

The environmental impacts of cement production in Taiwan include landscape changes and deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions due to the energy-intensive production process.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/
  2. ^ https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/
  3. ^ https://www.acc.com.tw/en/sales-services/domestic-taiwan/plant
  4. ^ https://www.taiwancement.com/en/csrComponent/report_2017.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.taiwancement.com/en/contactFactory.html
  6. ^ https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/
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