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/ 17 September 2007
South Africa’s Sasol, the world’s largest maker of oil from coal, is in talks with Chinese oil major Sinopec on coal liquefaction projects. China, the world’s top coal producer and consumer, is encouraging coal-to-liquid projects to reduce its dependence on imported oil.
Li Shuanlin remembers the sweltering hot August day nine years ago when his mine shaft collapsed and, with it, life as he knew it. A coal miner since the age of 24, he was fully aware of the dangers of his profession, but always thought it would happen to someone else.