Rain Commodities to launch petroleum coke plant in China

Mumbai, Feb 22 (UNI) Rain Commodities has launched a feasibility study to construct, own and operate a petroleum coke calcining plant in China.

The planned capacity for the new facility is between 300,000 and 500,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA), with start up in early 2010.

The proposed facility will be located in Eastern China in close vicinity to major oil refineries and port facilities, a press release here said.

With a total capacity of 2.5 million MTPA, Rain CII is currently the largest calciner entity in the world. In 2007, Rain CII produced roughly 2.2 million MT of calcined petroleum coke, the release said.

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