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Four commercial coal-to-olefin plants currently operational in China, nine others under construction, or planned or proposed
China’s significant domestic supply of coal, combined with a domestic shortage of several key chemical feedstocks, especially ethylene and propylene, are driving increased Chinese demand for more production of chemical feedstocks from coal, according to a new IHS Chemical (NYSE: IHS) study that assessed the key technologies and economics of coal-to-olefins (CTO) processes employed in China.
The IHS Chemical Process Economics Program China Coal-to-Olefins Review, noted that, in 2011, China had an ethylene capacity of 15.7 million tons and production of 14.4 million ton
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