Chinese Project Converts Coal Waste Into Construction Materials

Chinese project converts coal waste into construction materials

China is turning the massive environmental liabilities of its coal-mining history into the raw materials for its next generation of infrastructure. In the southeastern county of Gaoping, located deep within China’s premier coal province of Shanxi, a massive new recycling facility has quietly begun operations. It transforms the waste into high-value industrial and building materials. Reportedly, its daily output sounds like a standard quarry oper…

The waste-to-sand plant that could pave the way for China’s zero waste coal goal

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