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Approval granted for the market-based allocation of coal resources for Ordos’ 800,000 tons/year coal-to-olefins project! Author/Source: Yahuahua Coal Chemical Industry. Date: 2020-06-23. Clicks: 27. On June 22, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued guidelines regarding the market-based allocation of coal resources for China Power Investment’s coal-to-olefins project. Opinions of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Matters Related to the Market-based Allocation of Coal Resources for the China Power Investment Coal-to-Olefins Project. We have received the request submitted by the People’s Government of Ordos City, as forwarded by your department, titled “Request regarding the Market-based Allocation of Coal Resources for the China Power Investment Coal-to-Olefins Project” (Document No. E Fu Zi [2019] 51). Upon verification, the environmental impact assessment for the planning of the central Jungar mining area has been approved by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (Document No. Huan Shen [2019] 100). This includes the Fangzi Liang mining site with a production capacity of 12 million tons per year; however, the environmental impact assessment for this project has not yet been prepared, and construction can only begin after obtaining approval from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment ； The environmental impact assessment for the planning of the Naling River mining area has been approved by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (Document No. Huan Shen [2018] 10). This assessment includes the Huangtaolei Ge mining area with a production capacity of 10 million tons per year; however, in its review comments, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment specified that the development of projects such as the Huangtaolei Ge mining area, which is located in the upstream recharge area of the Hongshixia drinking water source protection zone, should be postponed. Regarding other matters requested by the people of Ordos City, our department has no objections. These are my remarks. On the afternoon of July 23, 2019, Bu Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and head of the region, and Dai Houliang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of Sinopec Group, held talks in Beijing to further deepen cooperation between the two sides, and witnessed the signing of a framework agreement on deepening cooperation between the autonomous region and Sinopec Group. A signing ceremony for the cooperation agreement on the coal-to-olefins project between Ordos City ** and Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. was also held on site. It is reported that Great Wall Energy Chemical will take over the 800,000-ton coal-to-olefins project formerly owned by Guodian Investment (**Dian Tou Group Inner Mongolia Energy Co., Ltd.**). The project received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission on August 15, 2016; at present, all necessary procedures such as site selection, environmental impact assessment, and preliminary land review have been completed ； The total investment amounts to 23.788 billion yuan. On the morning of August 10, 2019, a kick-off meeting for the Sinopec Ordos Dali coal-to-olefins project was held in the Dali Industrial Park. It is reported that Sinopec’s Ordos Dalu coal-to-olefins project is a demonstration project for the deep processing and upgrading of coal under the 13th Five-Year Plan. The chemical production area of this project covers a total area of 331 hectares, with an approved investment of 23.8 billion yuan; it is scheduled to be completed and put into operation by 2024. The project utilizes advanced process technologies and equipment, and includes a 2.2 million tons per year coal-to-methanol plant as well as a methanol-to-olefins plant, a 340,000 tons per year polyethylene plant, a 530,000 tons per year polypropylene plant, along with supporting utility and auxiliary facilities.