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Inner Mongolia invests 7.6 billion yuan in coal-to-ethylene glycol/DMMn project – Construction begins / Source: Date: 2017-08-21 Clicks: 108 On the morning of August 20, a kick-off meeting for the project undertaken by Yankuang Group’s Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical to produce 400,000 tons of coal-to-ethylene glycol and 300,000 tons of polydimethyl ether per year was held in the Dalat Economic Development Zone in Inner Mongolia. Wang Bo, deputy head of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, attended the mobilization meeting and announced the official start of the project. Bao Manda, Director of the Autonomous Region’s Development and Reform Commission; Bai Zhi, Deputy Director of the same commission and Head of the Energy Bureau; Jing Yulin, Deputy Director of the Autonomous Region’s Economic and Information Technology Commission; Niu Junyan, Secretary of the Ordos Municipal Party Committee; Gong Mingzhu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of the city; Li Xiyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Yankuang Group Co., Ltd., among others, attended the launch mobilization meeting. The Yankuang Group Rongxin Chemical project, which has an annual production capacity of 400,000 tons of coal-based ethylene glycol and 300,000 tons of polydimethyl ether, is located in the Sanyangliang Industrial Park in Dalat Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The total investment required for this project is 7.68 billion yuan, with completion and operation planned for 2019. Yankuang Group plans to build on the first-phase project of Rongxin Chemical, and through phased expansions in stages two and three, to extend the coal chemical industry chain. The goal is to achieve an annual production capacity of 5 million tons of coal-based methanol, as well as to create a demonstration base for a range of fine chemical products derived from coal processing, thereby establishing a new benchmark for coal conversion and industrial upgrading. The 900,000-ton per year coal-to-methanol production facility, which is part of the first phase of Rongxin Chemical’s 1.8 million-ton per year methanol-to-olefins project at Yanzhou Coal Industry Ordos Energy Chemical Co., Ltd., was put into operation in July 2014. The second phase of this project involves the production of 400,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol and 300,000 tons per year of polydimethyl ether from coal; completion of this phase is scheduled for the end of 2019. The production capacity will be 400,000 tons of ethylene glycol per year, 300,000 tons of polydimethyl ether per year, 19,000 tons of sulfur as a by-product per year, 12,000 tons of dimethyl carbonate as a by-product per year, 10,000 tons of ethanol as a by-product per year, and 6,000 tons of mixed alcohols as a by-product per year. The Five Rings Project is responsible for the EPC general contracting of the ethylene glycol plant design, procurement, and construction.