Sembcorp to splurge $62.7m on 2 wastewater treatment plants in China

First plant to start operations by 2015.

to be In a release, Sembcorp announced the expansion of its water business in China’s Liaoning province with two new wastewater treatment projects in
industrial parks in Panjin city.

The first of the agreements will be a joint venture agreement to build, own and operate a new RMB 117.3 million (approximately S$24.3 million) industrial wastewater treatment plant to serve industrial customers in Panjin Fine Chemical Industrial Park (PFCIP).

The second agreement to be signed will be a non-binding agreement with the Panjin Liaodong Bay New District Administrative Committee. This is expected to cost around RMB 185 million (S$38.4 million). These wastewater treatment projects are estimated to cost around $62.7m in total.

Its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp China will sign agreements later today for new wastewater treatment projects in Panjin City’s Panjin Fine Chemical Industrial Park and Panjin Liaodong Bay New District.

The signings will take place on the sidelines of the Singapore-Liaoning Economic and Trade Council meeting in Shenyang, and will be witnessed by Singapore’s Acting Minister for Manpower and Senior Minister of State for National Development Tan Chuan-Jin and Liaoning Governor Chen Zheng Gao.