Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/19
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) – The second furnace of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group
Formosa Plastics is launching a new furnace at a steel mill in Vietnam which was the target of environmental protests in 2016. (By Associated Press)
(FPG)’s steel mill in Vietnam has started production on a trial basis, a step which is expected to generate additional revenue for the group.
According to Vietnamese media, FPG held a ceremony on Friday for the trial production of the second furnace owned by its subsidiary, the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp., located in the Vung Ang Economic Zone in Ha Tinh Province.
Several officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ha Tinh local government witnessed the start of operation.
The reports said the first day trial production proceeded smoothly and the second furnace is up to Vietnam’s environmental protection requirements in terms of its treatment of waste water, polluted air and other pollutants. [FULL STORY]
