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5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment, net consist of the following:

		March 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
At cost:
Mineral rights		$	4,896,244			$	4,711,822
Buildings			70,400,195				67,748,512
Plant and machinery			208,538,996				200,742,652
Motor vehicles			9,136				8,792
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment			4,313,043				4,150,588
Construction in process			190,200				183,036
Total			288,347,814				277,545,402
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(174,767,162	)			(163,597,407	)
Impairment			(19,528,775	)			(18,833,491	)
Net book value		$	94,051,877			$	95,114,504

The Company has certain buildings and salt pans erected on parcels of land located in Shouguang, PRC, and such parcels of land are collectively owned by local townships or the government authority. The Company has not been able to obtain property ownership certificates over these buildings and salt pans. The aggregate carrying values of these properties situated on parcels of the land are $28,025,014 and $27,432,351 as at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $4,688,248, of which $4,504,249 and $183,999 were recorded in direct labor and factory overheads incurred during plant shutdown and administrative expenses, respectively.

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2017, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $5,360,103, of which $5,068,503 and $291,600 were recorded as cost of net revenue and administrative expenses, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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