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Article: Coal-to-oil converter set to start work
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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HOHHOT: Towering above the sweeping grasslands of Erdos, in North
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, two 60-meter-high
cylindrical structures stand against the skyline.
The structures - reactors for liquefying coal - are part of a
project to mass-produce desperately needed fuel oils from the
country's rich coal resources.
More than 10,000 workers from across China are constructing the
massive project, the first industrial facility in Ejin Horo Banner.
"The project is in its final stage of construction and will be
ready for production late in the year," said Wang Yulong, deputy
manager in charge of the coal-liquefying arm of the Liquefied Coal
Oil Company of Shenhua Group Corporation ...