Public announcement on the environmental impact assessment for Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui’s 12 million tons per year coal valorization project with co-production of LNG

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On November 6, 2025, Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. issued the first public notice regarding the environmental impact assessment for the Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui project aimed at the selective utilization of coal to produce LNG on a scale of 12 million tons per year. In accordance with laws and regulations such as the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (Order No. 4 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment), as well as relevant provisions, the project owner is responsible for making public environmental information throughout the entire process of project site selection, construction, and operation. It is also responsible for making public the information contained in the environmental impact assessment reports for the project, as well as details regarding the implementation of environmental protection measures after approval ； During the process of preparing for public participation in environmental impact assessment, the project developer shall make information related to the environmental impact assessment available to the public and seek their opinions. The construction entity is fully responsible for the content of the public information it releases and bears legal liability therefor. On November 3, 2025, Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. entrusted Xinjiang Lüjing Tianchen Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. with carrying out the environmental impact assessment for Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui’s project for the selective utilization of coal to produce LNG at a capacity of 12 million tons per year. In order to safeguard the legitimate environmental rights and interests of the public, enhance the scientific nature and relevance of environmental impact assessments, and improve the rationality and effectiveness of environmental protection measures, in accordance with the provisions of the \"Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessments\" (Order No. 4 issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment), information on this project is being made public to seek opinions and suggestions from the general public. The public information is as follows: Basic details of the construction project. Project name: Xinjiang Zhongtong Jirui 12 million tons/year coal valorization and co-production of LNG project. Nature of the construction: New construction. Location: Hongshan Industrial Park, Naomaohu Economic and Technological Development Zone, Xinxing City, 13th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Scale and scope of the construction: A coal processing plant with a capacity of 6 million tons per year, an LNG production facility based on coal valorization with a capacity of 12 million tons per year, a hydrogen production plant using pure oxygen for the continuous gasification of lignite with a capacity of 530,000 tons per year, a naphtha production plant via hydrogenation of coal tar with a capacity of 2.2 million tons per year, and an aromatic hydrocarbon production plant through the continuous reforming of naphtha with a capacity of 1.4 million tons per year. Built in two phases; the first phase features a coal valorization and co-production of LNG plant with an annual capacity of 4 million tons ； Phase II: a coal processing plant with an annual capacity of 6 million tons, a facility for the value-added utilization of coal to produce LNG with an annual capacity of 8 million tons, a plant for the continuous gasification of coal using pure oxygen to produce hydrogen with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons, a plant for the hydrogenation of coal tar to produce naphtha with an annual capacity of 2.2 million tons, and a plant for the continuous reforming of naphtha to produce aromatics with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tons. Total investment for these projects: 1,700,000 million yuan