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Article: ASIACHEM: be cautiously optimistic on coal-to-MEG.(Energy Chemical)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- June 16, 2009
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China customs' data show that China imported 4.8 million tons of mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) in 2007 and 5.22 million tons in 2008. The supply shortage of MEG has attracted investors. However taking into account of two factors in MEG market volume and cost competitiveness, ASIACHEM proposed that extensive applications of the coal-to-MEG process in China should be cautiously optimistic.
A process package of coal-based MEG (coal-to-MEG) developed by Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (FJIRSM, CAS), partnering with Jiangsu Danhua (Danyang Chemical) Group and Shanghai Jinmei Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., passed ...