5 000 T/A Hexabasic Alcohol Project
              to Be Constructed in Guangxi
The feasibility study report  of  a  5  000  t/a  hexabasic
alcohol project has recently passed examination in Guangxi
Nanning.
The project will have a total investment of 29. 43  million
yuan. After the start of  production,   the  annual  sales
revenue will be 53.94 million yuan and the  annual  amount
of profit and tax will be 19.13 million yuan. The  project
will be constructed  by  Nanning  Chemical  Pharmaceutical
Factory. The technology is advanced  and  mature  and  the
equipment is well selected. The  project  will  use  sugar
-cane as raw material, opening up a new way for sugar- cane
deep processing. The final product  is  mannitol  with  an
annual output of 1 000 tons. The product has a  price  far
lower than the product using  the  conventional  laminaria
extraction process and can therefore  have  strong  market
competitiveness.