Polyolefins production line to swing into full operation

The second production line of China's biggest coal-to-polyolefins processing project is expected to go into full operation in July in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with annual output worth 13 billion yuan ($1.89 billion).

The Ordos-based Zhongtian Hechuang Energy Co Ltd is expected to produce 1.37 million metric tons of polyethylene and polypropylenes each year from 25 million tons of coal.

Polyolefins - polyethylene, polypropylenes and some other polymers - account for more than half of total plastics consumption in the world.