Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 -- China plans to begin construction of a 3 million tonne/year capacity dimethyl ether (DME) project in Ordos, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. No completion date was given.
China's National Development and Reform Commission said the project will make a significant difference in China's alternative energy sector compared with the country's current output of 120,000 tonnes/year of DME.
DME will be piped from Ordos to the port city of Tangshan in north China's Hebei province, and then on to provinces in east and south China.
Firms participating in the DME project include China National Coal Group Corp., China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., and Shenergy Group.
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