Inner Mongolia Hengkun Chemical Co., Ltd.’s project for annual production of 2.6 million tons of rammed coke and its comprehensive utilization

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The annual production of 2.6 million tons of compacted coke and related comprehensive utilization project by 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 undertaken under EPC contract by MCC Coking & Refractory. It involves the construction of 2 compacted coke ovens with 65 chambers each and a height of 5.5 meters; wet quenching systems will be installed, with dry quenching as an alternative option. In addition, facilities for coal preparation, coke screening, gas purification, as well as auxiliary production and administrative/living facilities, will also be provided. The project plans to build a coking combined production facility with an annual capacity of 2.6 million tons. The first phase involves a facility for producing 1.3 million tons of compacted coke per year, as well as a plant for converting 120 million cubic meters of coke oven gas into liquefied natural gas per year; the total investment in this phase is 1.5 billion yuan. It was put into operation in 2011. The main products produced are coke, 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 ； The total sales revenue for the whole year amounted to 1.226 billion yuan, with profits of 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.