1.8 million tons of coal-based olefins to be produced in Zhundong, Xinjiang

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This post was last edited by liaifeng on 2018-9-4 at 20:57. A 1.8 million-ton coal-to-olefins plant is to be built in Zhundong, Xinjiang. Author/Source: Date: 2017-04-10. Views: 16. On April 7, during the launch ceremony for key projects held in the Silicon-Based New Materials Industrial Park of the Zhundong Economic and Technological Development Zone in Changji Prefecture, 21 of the 45 key projects that were launched were industrial projects; among them was the “Liugufengdeng” circular industry complex project developed by Xinjiang Dongfang Hope. Liu Yongxing, chairman of Dongfang Hope Group, said that a coal chemical circular economy park is planned to be built in Zhundong during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The goal is to create a circular industrial park that makes use of coal chemicals, coal-based power generation, coal ash, and fine chemicals in integrated ways. Utilizing the abundant coal resources in Zhundong as raw material, clean coal gasification technology will be employed to produce methanol, which will then be used to manufacture high-value downstream products such as polyethylene and polypropylene. The planned production capacity is 1.8 million tons of coal-derived olefins. It is said that “Liu Gu” refers to coal valleys: built upon the 390 billion tons of coal reserves in the Zhundong area, it forms the world’s longest coal transport corridor ； Diangu: Converting coal on-site into electrical energy required for industrial production ； Aluminum Valley: Producing aluminum and its processed products using 500KA pre-baked anode aluminum electrolysis cell technology ； Silicon Valley: Utilizing coal and silica resources to develop a silicon industry chain that includes industrial silicon, polysilicon, photovoltaic modules, and photovoltaic power generation ； Chemical Valley: Utilizing coal to produce high-value chemical products such as coal-derived olefins and methionine ； Bio Valley: Utilizes the abundant corn resources in surrounding counties and cities, as well as the excess steam from the Zhundong Power Plant, to produce lysine and feed. It develops the livestock industry; the waste generated by this industry is processed through biological fermentation to create biological fertilizers that improve the soil in the Gobi Desert, thereby enabling the development of new types of agriculture and turning deserts into fertile land. The predecessor of Dongfang Hope Group was the Hope Group, founded in 1982 by Liu Yongxing and his four brothers. Starting out with raising chicks and quails, they gradually developed the Hope Group into China’s largest feed company. In 1995, Liu Yongxing, determined to enter the heavy chemical industry, separated from his family to start his own business and founded Dongfang Hope Group. After 10 years of development, it has grown into a mega private enterprise group with 18,000 employees and an annual output value of nearly 70 billion yuan, integrating agriculture as well as heavy and chemical industries. The group’s heavy chemical industry is involved in sectors such as electricity, non-ferrous metals, biochemistry, coal chemistry, chlor-alkali chemistry, petrochemicals, mining, and building materials. It has built large-scale heavy chemical plants for thermal power generation, aluminum electrolysis, alumina production, methanol synthesis, dimethyl ether production, PVC manufacturing, PTA production, and cement production in regions such as Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Henan, and Shanxi. In December 2010, Dongfang Hope Group established the Xinjiang XiAlu facility in Wucaiwan, within the **-level Economic and Technological Development Zone in Zhundong, Xinjiang, with a registered capital of 5.2 billion yuan. The Xixi Aluminum Industry Zone in Xinjiang makes full use of the region’s abundant coal resources in Zhundong to vigorously develop circular economy industrial chains such as coal-electricity-aluminum and advanced aluminum processing, coal-electricity-silicon-polysilicon-solar panels-solar power generation, and coal-coal chemicals-fine chemicals in the Wucuiwan area of Zhundong. It currently has business units such as the thermoelectric division, electrolytic aluminum division, industrial silicon division, polysilicon division, carbon division, and coal mining division. Overall plan for the Xinxia XiAlu project: annual production of 2.4 million tons of electrolytic aluminum, 1.2 million tons of pre-baked anode carbon blocks, 450,000 tons of industrial silicon, and 120,000 tons of polysilicon; along with 6,840 MW of generating capacity (12*350 MW, 4*660 MW). There are also plans to build a coal-to-olefins plant with an annual output of 1.8 million tons, as well as a methionine plant with an annual output of 440,000 tons. One of these projects, a facility with an annual production capacity of 800,000 tons of electrolytic aluminum, began construction in 2011 and went into operation in December of that same year; it is now fully built and in operation. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, Dongfang Hope Group invested over 30 billion yuan in Xinjiang; it will continue to increase its investments, aiming to reach a total investment of 100 billion yuan by the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period and the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan period. On the morning of April 7, as part of Changji Prefecture’s initiative to \"accelerate project commencement, promote investment, and ensure economic growth,\" a second batch of 45 key projects was launched on that same day. The total investment in these projects amounts to 148.9 billion yuan, with an aim to complete 60.6 billion yuan worth of investment within that same year. It mainly involves investment projects in industries such as coal-fired power generation, coal chemical industry, non-ferrous metal rolling, and new materials, as well as infrastructure construction projects in the Zhundong Economic and Technological Industrial Development Zone, the Changji **High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, and Fukang City. Among them, there are 21 industrial projects with a total investment of 146.5 billion yuan, of which 58.7 billion yuan was invested in that year ； There are 24 infrastructure construction projects, with a total investment of 2.4 billion yuan; 1.9 billion yuan was invested in those projects during that year. As one of the **14 designated large-scale coal production bases**, the Zhundong Coal Field in Changji Prefecture is committed to becoming a \"**large-scale coal, coal-powered electricity, and coal-based chemical industry hub**, a \"**comprehensive energy demonstration base**,\" and a \"**pilot park for circular economy transformation**.\" Focusing on the development of the \"three bases and one corridor\", as well as projects such as the West-East Gas Pipeline and the transmission of electricity from Xinjiang, a number of key projects have been planned and introduced in industries including coal mining, coal-powered electricity generation, coal-based metallurgy, coal chemistry, and new materials. Among the key projects that resumed operations on April 7, the Changji (Jundong) – Guquan (East China) ±1100 kV ultra-high voltage DC transmission project is part of the framework for transporting electricity from Xinjiang. Starting in Changji, Xinjiang, and ending in Guquan, Anhui, this project passes through six provinces (regions) namely Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Henan, and Anhui, with a total length of about 3,319 kilometers. It is currently the highest-voltage, largest-capacity, longest-distance, and most advanced in terms of technology ultra-high voltage DC transmission project in the world. “The power generation projects supporting the transmission of electricity from Xinjiang include seven power sources in total, namely Baiwaiwan North Power Plant No. 1, North Power Plant No. 2, North Power Plant No. 3, State Grid Energy Zhundong Dajing Power Plant, Lu’an Zhundong Power Plant, Huadian Changji Yinggema Power Plant, and Shenhua Shendong Power Zhundong Baiwaiwan Phase II Power Plant. These 9 power plants have a total investment of around 50 billion yuan, enabling the local conversion of more than 30 million tons of coal. In the Jungdong region, the autonomous power plants of coal, electricity, and metallurgy enterprises such as Dongfang Hope have established circular industrial chains of “coal–electricity–fly ash–environmentally friendly building materials” and “coal–electricity–desulfurization gypsum–environmentally friendly building materials”, thereby enabling the disposal and comprehensive utilization of solid wastes generated by the coal and electricity industry and reducing the emission of industrial solid wastes. Xinjiang Yihua’s 2×330MW self-supplied heat power plants, projects for annual production of 2×200,000 tons of synthetic ammonia and 600,000 tons of urea, as well as facilities for annual production of 500,000 tons of ion-exchange membrane caustic soda and 600,000 tons of polyvinyl chloride along with related infrastructure, plus a project for the comprehensive utilization of 2 million tons of calcium carbide slag to produce cement – all these have helped to establish a circular economic development model based on the integration of coal, electricity, and chemical industries. The first phase of the Guotai Xinhua project involves an investment of around 12 billion yuan to build a coal-based fine chemical circular economy industrial park. Using BDO and PTMEG as core components, the production chain extends further upstream and downstream to manufacture high-end, sophisticated chemical products with high added value.