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Figure 4. Worldwide commercial coal chemical projects Sub-Industry coal to olefins coal to natural gas coal liquefaction indirect direct coal to ethylene glycol Global Commercial Operation Technology GE Coal-water gasification process China Shenhua Baotou Davy-Methanol synthesis technology 0.6 millions tons/year Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics – Methanol-to-olefin technology US The Great Plains Synfuels Plant Lurgi-coal gasification process 1.5 billion cubic metres/year Rectisol syngas purification technology Lugi-methanation process SA Sasol Secunda coal-to-liquid plant Lurgi-coal gasification process Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis process Fischr-Tropsch process None Source: CICC None Project Figure 5. Current China coal chemical projects unit consumption by products (tons/tons/'000 Mn cubic metres) Application Indirect coal liquefaction Coal to olefins Coal to ethylene glycol Coal to nature gas Source: CICC Standard Coal Consumption 4.39 6.68 2.55 2.83 Water Consumption 13 33 14 6.58 Co2 Emission 5 5.5 2 2.5 Figure 6. New Coal chemical industry forecasted capital cost per unit capacity (US$ MM/'0000 tonnes, US$ Mm/'000 million cubic metres) 100 80 60 40 20 0 coal to natural gas Source: China Sealand securities 52 www.resourceworld.com ogy has been developing rapidly in recent years, but as yet has not fully matured. According to CICC, experiences from the operational performance of demonstration coal chemical projects in China show the technology is getting more mature in such order: coal to ethylene glycol to indirect coal liquefaction to coal to natural gas to coal to olefins. 4) Resource intensive: Coal chemical production requires a great amount of coal and water. Mongolia has tremendous coal coal to olefins coal to dimethyl ether coal to oil NOVEMBER 2012