Marubeni joins Vietnam’s coal-gasification project: report

Marubeni Corp. formed a venture with Vinacomin-Nui Beo Coal JSC and Linc Energy Ltd. to test coal-gasification technology in Vietnam, the Nikkei newspaper reported without saying where it obtained the information.

The three companies established a Vietnamese unit last Friday with funding of US$6.5 million, the report said.

Gasification technology enables the conversion of low-quality coal into a synthetic gas for use in power generation, thereby reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.

Thanhnien

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