Zimbabwe: Sable Shelves Coal Gasification Plans

12 December 2014

SABLE Chemical has shelved plans for coal gasification, as a solution to the energy intensive electrolysis process it uses to produce hydrogen, for much cleaner hydrogen containing coal bed methane gas. An unnamed Chinese company has since been engaged to carry out a feasibility study expected to lead to fundraising based on the CBM alternative.

Sable Chemical uses electrolysis, an old technology that consumes huge amounts of the scarce electricity, to produce the hydrogen required for the manufacture of ammonium nitrate, at high cost to the company.

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