SINGAPORE: What to do with China's abundant stock of coal? Chemical giant Hengli plans to make clothes out of it.
It may sound like something from ancient alchemy, but the privately-owned Chinese company surprised industry watchers in June when it said it was getting into mining with a $20 billion project to convert coal into polyester yarn, used in clothes, packaging and plastic bottles.
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