Fushun Mining Group

The Fushun Mining Group is a state-owned coal and oil shale company in Fushun, Liaoning Province, China.

Coal mining

The company produces about 6 million tons of coal per year, mainly blending coking coal and steam coal.Cite journal
last =Qian | first =Jialin
last2 =Wang | first2 =Jianqiu
last3 =Li | first3 =Shuyuan
title =Oil Shale Development in China
journal =Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal
publisher = Estonian Academy Publishers
volume =20
issue =3
pages =356–359
year =2003
url=http://www.kirj.ee/public/oilshale/9_qian_2003_3s.pdf
format = PDF
id = ISSN 0208-189X
accessdate =2007-06-16] Cite paper
title = Investment Opportunities in Coal Mine Methane Projects in Fushun Mining Area
publisher = United States Environmental Protection Agency
date = October 2001
url= http://www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/chinaprofile3.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate =2008-01-13] The company is also rich in coalbed methane resources that total around 8.9 bcm.

Oil shale industry

Fushun Mining Group owns geological reserve for high grade oil shale about 3.5 billion tons, of which exploitable reserve is 920 million tons. divided between East Open Pit (760 million tons) and West Open Pit (160 million tons). Commercial retorting of oil shale started in 1991. At the end of 2006, the company operated the largest oil shale plant in the world consisting seven retorting units with 20 retorts in each unit, total 140 sets of Fushun type retort.Cite paper
last = Yin | first = Liang
title = Current status of oil shale industry in Fushun, China
date = 2006-11-07
place = Amman, Jordan
url = http://www.sdnp.jo/International_Oil_Conference/rtos-A106.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2007-06-29] Cite journal
last =Purga | first =Jaanus
title =Today's rainbow ends in Fushun
journal =Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal
publisher = Estonian Academy Publishers
volume = 21
issue =34
pages =269–272
year =2004
url=http://www.kirj.ee/oilshale/1_purga_2004_4.pdf
format = PDF
id = ISSN 0208-189X
accessdate =2008-01-13] Annual oil shale processing capacity is designed to be 7 million tons of oil shale, and annual shale oil yields to be 210,000 tons. The company plans to construct Alberta Taciuk processor (ATP) to treat small size oil shale (particulate oil shale) which can't be processed in Fushun retort. The company also plans another plant with annual shale oil yields of 400,000 tonnes. The 250 tonnes per hour ATP processor, scheduled to start operation in 2008, will be engineered and provided by Canadian company UMATAC Industrial Processes, a subsidiary of UMA Engineering Ltd.Cite journal|last=Chandler|first=Graham|title=US eyes Alberta as model for developing oil shale|journal=Alberta Oil|volume=2|issue =4|pages=16–18|year=2006|url=http://grahamchandler.ca/USEyesOilShaleAsModelforDeveloping%20Shale.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-06-24] After completing these projects, the shale oil production by Fushun Mining Group will be over 700,000 tonnes annually.

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