Cement industry in Taiwan

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The cement production in Taiwan dated back in 1946 with the establishment of Taiwan Cement.{{Cite web | url=https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/ | title=The Cement Industry and the Environment | date=24 October 2017 }}

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In 1981-2019, the monthly production of cement in Taiwan averaged 1,435,500 tonnes. The peak production occurred in December 1992 with a total production of 2,201,450 tonnes and the lowest production occurred in August 2017 with a total production of 748,640,000 tonnes.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

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All of cement mines in Taiwan and 80% of cement production facilities are located in the east coast of Taiwan. Asia Cement Corporation has facilities of 5 million tons production capacity in Taiwan and 22 million tons in Mainland China, while Taiwan Cement has 11 million tons in Taiwan and 60 million tons in the mainland.{{Cite web | url=https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/ | title=The Cement Industry and the Environment | date=24 October 2017 }}

Cement plants owned by Asia Cement are located in Xincheng Township, Longjing District and Hengshan Township.{{Cite web | url=https://www.acc.com.tw/en/sales-services/domestic-taiwan/plant | title=Plant }} Cement plants owned by Taiwan Cement are located in Su'ao Township, Xiulin Township and Hualien City.{{Cite web |url=https://www.taiwancement.com/en/csrComponent/report_2017.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-10-23 |archive-date=2019-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712181937/http://www.taiwancement.com/en/csrComponent/report_2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.taiwancement.com/en/contactFactory.html | title=Factory Contact Information | Taiwan Cement }}

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Major cement companies in Taiwan are:

• Asia Cement Corporation
• Taiwan Cement
• Chia Hsin Cement Corporation ({{zh|c=嘉新水泥股份有限公司}})
• Hsing Ta Cement Corporation ({{zh|c=信大水泥股份有限公司}})

In 2016, Taiwan exported more than 25% of its cement production with lower price and imported 12%.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Half of employees at Asia Cement Corporation are the indigenous peoples.{{Cite web | url=https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2017/10/the-cement-industry-and-the-environment/ | title=The Cement Industry and the Environment | date=24 October 2017 }}

The environmental impacts of cement production in Taiwan include landscape changes and deforestation, and greenhouse gas emissions due to the energy-intensive production process.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

• Mining in Taiwan
• List of countries by cement production

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