Chinese Region Promotes Coal Chemicals

Chinese Region Promotes Coal Chemicals as Energy Security Fix

Chinese Region Promotes Coal Chemicals as Energy Security Fix One of China’s top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country’s climate goals. The Iran War has boosted the coal-to-chemicals industry’s economics by raising the price of oil. Local officials are touting it as a key source of energy independence for China.