On July 25, 2023, the 240000 ton electrolyte project (Phase I) of Kunlun New Material Co., Ltd., located in Jiang'an County, Yibin, Sichuan, has been successfully put into production. This project is a key supporting project for the green lithium-ion new energy industry on the Yibin One Blue One Green New Circuit, with a total investment of 5 billion yuan, covering an area of 172 acres, and constructing a 240000 ton lithium-ion electrolyte production line. After production, the expected annual output value will exceed 10 billion yuan.

It is understood that Kunlun New Materials signed an investment agreement with the Jiang'an County government on March 25, 2022 to build an annual production line of 240000 tons of lithium ion battery electrolyte, and established Yibin Kunlun New Energy Co., Ltd. on April 11, 2022. Yibin Kunlun New Energy Co., Ltd. completed land delisting in May 2022 and officially started construction in July 2022. The company covers an area of approximately 172 acres.

The construction is divided into two phases, including one production workshop, one filling workshop, seven Class A warehouses, one central control room, one hazardous waste warehouse, one utility room, one office building, and other public and auxiliary facilities. The production capacity of Phase I is 120000 tons/year, and after the completion of Phase II, the total production capacity of Yibin Kunlun New Energy will reach 240000 tons/year.

At present, key projects such as Tianyi Lithium, German Times, Yibin Kunlun, and Sichuan Shengjie have been completed and put into operation in Jiang'an. Jiang'an has formed a 1+2 industrial system with new energy as the leading industry and new materials and equipment manufacturing as the supporting industry. Editor/Xie Li