An explosives demolition crew have successfully tore down
Sanya's biggest air polluter - the Tianya Cement Plant, formally
located in a hot tourism spot in southern China's Hainan Province
on Sunday afternoon.
Seven 30-meter-high cement storage containers were demolished by
230 kilograms of explosives within 5 seconds, the most difficult
explosives demolition on record in Hainan, local Hainan Daily
reported.
The seven huge containers were the final part of a demolition
phase that actually started at the end of August, with the purpose
of improving the regions energy saving, emissions reductions and
environmental protection.
According to statistics from the local environmental department,
the plant used to emit 25 to 30 tonnes of dust a day, one of the
top polluters of the city's air quality.
After its successful removal, a vocational school, housing as
much as 1,000 students, will be built on the site.
(CRI December 31, 2007)
