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China Doubles Down on Chemical Plant Expansion Amid Iran War

China is expanding its chemical plant capacity to support its green technology, despite global supply constraints caused by the Iran war. Construction on the world's largest coal-to-ethylene glycol project began on March 20 in Xinjiang's Turpan prefecture.

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