Source: Onoodor                            Date: 17 February, 2011

MCS Holding plans to set up a plant to produce coal gas for heating. Its study of possible alternatives to raw coal concluded that coal gas would be the most appropriate and cost-effective choice. The company will implement the project with cooperation from the Government and the City Mayor’s Office. Mr. T.Munkhtur, an MCS Director who is in charge of the project, says the company sees it as an expression of corporate commitment to social welfare, as widespread coal burning has increased air pollution in Ulaanbaatar to a critical level.

The company hopes to see coal gas being used as early as the next cold months. An effective distribution system is needed to reach the gas to ger district households. The price of the product also has to be affordable by targeted users. The company is confident that these problems will be solved in time and in a satisfactory way so that this clean fuel can be widely used. Burning the gas will generate negligible fumes and no sulfuric acid and ash.