Ningxia Becomes China's Largest Coal Chemical Base

摘要

Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region plans to invest more than 100 billion yuan (US$12.9 billion) to build Asia's largest liquefied-coal base, according to the regional development and reform commission. The first group of projects, designed to produce methanol and other chemicals from coal, are under construction in the Ningdong Chemical Resource Base, which is located near coal deposits containing 80 percent of Ningxia's known coal reserves, said Hao Linhai, director of the regional commission.