2.24 billion yuan invested; main unit of 2.6 million-ton coal chemical project commences operation

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On July 19, the civil construction work for the gas purification unit of the Phase II coking project at Inner Mongolia Hengkun officially commenced. The safety supervisor for the Hengkun project in Inner Mongolia, the director of Taiyuan University of Technology’s supervision company, the project manager from the general contractor MCC Coking & Refractory Institute, and the project leader of Tianjin Branch of Thirteenth Chemical Construction Company attended the opening ceremony. The project plans to build 2 coke ovens with 65 chambers each, measuring 5.5 m in diameter and operating on the single-heating principle. It will include facilities for wet quenching of coke, with options for dry quenching as well, along with coal preparation, coke screening, gas purification, production auxiliary facilities, and administrative and living facilities. The implementation of this project will make full use of the regional resource advantages, help to extend, supplement, and strengthen the coal industry chain, and promote the development of the coking industry in Ordos City in a scaled, intensive, and efficient manner. The annual production capacity of 2.6 million tons of rammed coke and related comprehensive utilization project of Inner Mongolia Hengkun Chemical Co., Ltd. is located in the Shanghai Miao Fine Chemicals Park in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The project was awarded to MCC Coking & Refractory as the EPC contractor; it involves the construction of 2 rammed coke ovens with 65 chambers each and a height of 5.5 meters, equipped with wet quenching systems, with options for dry quenching as well. Additionally, facilities for coal preparation, coke screening, gas purification, production support services, and administrative and living areas are included in the plan. The project involves the planned construction of a coking multi-product complex with an annual capacity of 2.6 million tons. Phase I includes a 1.3-million-ton-per-year stamp-charging coking plant coupled with a project to produce 120 million m³/year of liquefied natural gas from coke oven gas. With a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan, the project was completed and put into operation in 2011. Its main products include coke, coal tar, crude benzene, ammonium sulfate, and liquefied natural gas. The project for producing liquefied natural gas from 120 million m3/year of coke oven gas adopted the world-leading technology from the British company Davy, becoming the world’s first project of its kind. In 2019, a total of 967,100 tons of coke, 58,400 tons of tar, 15,800 tons of crude benzene, 10,800 tons of ammonium sulfate, and 25,100 tons of LNG were produced ； Over the whole year, sales revenue amounted to 1.226 billion yuan, with profits reaching 186 million yuan. The budgeted investment for the second phase of the project, which involves 1.3 million tons per year of compacted coke production along with 200,000 tons per year of methanol production, was 2.24 billion yuan. Construction began in 2013; it was suspended in 2015. In 2019, the procedures for technical upgrades, environmental impact assessments, and resumption of construction were completed, and work resumed. Upon the completion of Phase 2, Hengkun Chemical Company will be able to produce 2.6 million tons of coke per year, generating an output value of 3.5 billion yuan and tax revenues of around 400 million yuan; it will thus become a major chemical enterprise in the Shanghaimiao area.