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JM to license largest single-train methanol plants Johnson Matthey (JM) has secured a multiple-license order for China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group’s project to develop five of the largest single-train methanol plants in the world. Located at Baofeng’s Ordos City complex in Inner Mongolia, China, each of the plants will have a planned capacity of 7,200 metric tpd. Under the agreement, JM will license all five methanol plants and supply associated engineering, technical review, commissioning assistance and catalyst. Using synthesis gas as feed, the methanol plants will use JM radial steam raising converters in a patented Series Loop. JM catalysts will enable Ningxia Baofeng Energy to prod