SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. (SCOK) Expands Production
SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. has broken ground on the construction of its new state-of-the-art coking facility in Pingdingshan city, Henan Province, in east central China. The eventual cost of the new coking plant is expected to be $70 million when completed by early 2011, with the plant being used for the production of metallurgical and chemical coke, as well as coal gas and various chemical products. The coking of coal involves driving off volatile constituents of the coal, such as water, coal gas, and coal tar, leaving a smokeless form of the fuel, used for such things…