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China kicks off construction on first coal-to-gas plant

Yvonne Chan in Hong Kong

04 September 2009 • 2 min read

$3.7bn clean coal project to use US gasification technology by GreatPoint

China is building its first large-scale coal-to-gas demonstration plant in Inner Mongolia at a cost of $3.7bn (£2.3bn). Construction on the project commenced last week in Chifeng city, according to...

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