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15. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

15. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The Company has four reportable segments:  bromine, crude salt, chemical products and natural gas. The reportable segments are consistent with how management views the markets served by the Company and the financial information that is reviewed by its chief operating decision maker.

An operating segment’s performance is primarily evaluated based on segment operating income, which excludes share-based compensation expense, certain corporate costs and other income not associated with the operations of the segment. These corporate costs (income) are separately stated below and also include costs that are related to functional areas such as accounting, treasury, information technology, legal, human resources, and internal audit. The Company believes that segment operating income, as defined above, is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operating performance of its segments. All the customers are located in PRC.

Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2019		Bromine *				Crude  Salt *				Chemical  Products				Natural Gas				Segment  Total				Corporate				Total
Net revenue (external customers)		$	—			$	—			$	—			$	38,570			$	38,570			$	—			$	38,570
Net revenue (intersegment)			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Loss from operations before income taxes benefit			(3,625,014	)			(1,411,809	)			(673,550	)			(41,983	)			(5,752,356	)			(643,674	)			(6,396,030	)
Income tax benefit			(897,347	)			(352,952	)			(144,838	)			—				(1,395,137	)			—				(1,395,137	)
Loss from operations after income taxes benefit			(2,727,667	)			(1,058,857	)			(528,712	)			(41,983	)			(4,357,219	)			(643,674	)			(5,000,893	)
Total assets			124,257,161				38,212,093				146,602,776				1,888,494				310,960,524				19,094				310,979,618
Depreciation and amortization			2,118,077				1,105,108				117,388				36,676				3,377,249				—				3,377,249
Capital expenditures			2,528,111				—				—				—				2,528,111				—				2,528,111

Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2018		Bromine *				Crude  Salt *				Chemical  Products				Natural Gas				Segment  Total				Corporate				Total
Net revenue (external customers)		$	—			$	1,638,493			$	608,774			$	—			$	2,247,267			$	—			$	2,247,267
Net revenue (intersegment)			—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes(benefit)			(5,590,555	)			(807,884	)			(674,771	)			(35,655	)			(7,108,865	)			(1,188,115	)			(8,296,980	)
Income tax expense (benefit)			(1,391,152	)			(201,971	)			399,377				—				(1,193,746	)			—				(1,193,746	)
Income (loss) from operations after income taxes(benefit)			(4,199,403	)			(605,913	)			(1,074,148	)			(35,655	)			(5,915,119	)			(1,188,115	)			(7,103,234	)
Total assets			149,458,703				52,746,108				192,807,722				2,162,119				397,174,652				165,315				397,339,967
Depreciation and amortization			3,719,712				913,350				124,468				—				4,757,530				—				4,757,530
Capital expenditures			93,174				14,179				—				14,357				121,710				—				121,710
Goodwill			—				—				30,524,646				—				30,524,646				—				30,524,646

* Certain common production overheads, operating and administrative expenses and asset items (mainly cash and certain office equipment) of bromine and crude salt segments in SCHC were split by reference to the average selling price and production volume of respective segment.

		Three-Month Period Ended March 31,
Reconciliations		2019				2018
Total segment operating income (loss)		$	(5,752,356	)		$	(7,108,865	)
Corporate costs			(140,446	)			(129,263	)
Unrealized loss on translation of intercompany balance			(503,228	)			(1,058,852	)
Loss from operations			(6,396,030	)			(8,296,980	)
Other income			96,755				126,134
Loss before income taxes		$	(6,299,275	)		$	(8,170,846	)

The following table shows the major customer(s) (10% or more) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018.

Number				Customer		Bromine (000’s)				Crude Salt (000’s)				Chemical Products (000’s)				Total Revenue  (000’s)				Percentage of Total Revenue (%)
	1			Shandong Morui Chemical Company Limited		$	—			$	534			$	155			$	689				30.6	%
	2			Shandong Brother Technology Limited, Kuerle Xingdong Trading Limited		$	—			$	670			$	—			$	670				29.8	%
	3			Shouguang Weidong Chemical Company Limited		$	—			$	435			$	—			$	435				19.3	%

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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