Science and technology, “porning gold”, turning ordinary ore into “samples” in the fields of environmental protection, space, etc
Traditional energy companies are targeting three stones
The workers' daily reporter, chen hua, the workers' daily correspondent, liu haiyan
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An enterprise that used to be dominated by coal and electricity, the taipei coal power group, is looking at “three stones”. This is not just a simple industrial transformation, but a vivid exercise on how new qualitative productivity can reshape traditional enterprises。
The company yubei coal and power corporation, which used to be a coal and electricity industry, is looking at stones that are not surprising to ordinary people。
The three seemingly ordinary ores, namely, cascading barstones, square decompositions, hard plasters, are becoming “smellings” in the fields of agriculture, environmental protection, space, medicine and high-end materials, under the heading “poll gold”。
This is not just a simple industrial transformation, but a vivid exercise on how new qualitative productivity can reshape traditional enterprises。
The advance team's aiming at the bumps
On 8 january, at the site of the construction of the company for coal and electricity henga, minghong city, anhui province, steep slopes stripped the black-brown bastion rock and exposed the puddles of milk, far from looking like waterfalls。
Henga's security inspector, the minister of safety and security of china, picked up a piece of milk-white condensed rock made of a chicken nest, saying that it looks like mud, but it's a rare clay mineral in the non-metal industry around the world。
These minerals, which are processed in depth, have a wide range of applications, ranging from small to wetting of pet mats, middle to waste-gas wastewater separation treatment, to the preservation coatings of marine vessels and the resistance to heat and heat in the space sector。
The puddle stone, the plain-looking “white clay”, has an amazing potential for application. Despite its precious gel-grade condensed rock resources, the products have long hovered at the lower end of the market, with low value added。
Over a considerable period of time, the troughstone industry has not been able to break the development bottlenecks. Enterprises either stay in the early stages of the sale of raw materials and earn modest “hard money”; or they are constrained by the level of technology to compete with advanced products abroad。
Faced with this dilemma, in october 2024, a strategic decision was taken to establish the new material development office. This fine “advanced team” has the important task of opening up new tracks for business, focusing not only on traditional coal resources, but on finding new materials that can lead the future development of the enterprise。
In april 2025, a strategic partnership was established with the city of minggang, which resulted in the acquisition of more than 80 per cent of the condensed rock resources in the light area and the acquisition of 300 million tons of basalt and high-quality soil。
Resource integration is only the first step, and how these stones are turned into “goldness” is the key to testing business wisdom. To this end, a “mines, gardens, galleries, ports” integrated development blueprint has been crafted。
In particular, at the deep processing stage, two basalt-processed “mega-heavy” production lines have been set up by enterprises to produce 4 million tons of high and general materials annually。
At the shenga research and development centre laboratory, two technicians are conducting a condensed stone adsorption experiment on glass reagents with blue liquids. The director of r & d told journalists that the company would continue to increase its efforts in science, technology and innovation, refine its products, target high-end products in domestic and foreign markets, and form a complete industrial chain of “resource development — technological development — high-end manufacturing — market services”, leading to diversification and scaling up。
The little stone has become the tallest
The story of the puddlestone is a precedent for coal power。
In may 2024, the group successfully acquired the purchase of the anhui national wind mining and the national wind non-metallic corporation, which resulted in 140 million tons of high-quality pyrolysis resources. This initiative has enabled the enterprise to have access to 40 per cent of the pyrolysis stockpile that anhui province has discovered, which is equivalent to the “half-mile mountain” of calcium-based material in the east china region。
The common limestone, the metreite, has undergone a profound remodelling of values in the industrial configuration of coal power in the north. Enterprises are committed to turning them into much-needed high-end calcium-based materials in the construction, glass and other industries and to opening new markets。
At the project site in qingyang county, chizhou city, a clear blueprint for development is under way. The enterprise plans to build an annual 2 million-ton metre mine and to introduce innovative transport systems for underground corridors。
According to the project manager, this will be the largest production base of green calcium-based materials in the long triangle two years from now. Those who have been sleeping in the mountains will be converted into critical materials for glass curtain walls and high-end ceramics through modern processing techniques。
Even the hard plaster material that the group has “drilled” for more than 20 years has begun a profound technological revolution, driven by a strategy for industrial transformation and upgrading of coal electricity in the north。
In the town of the pottery factory in the kayama district of makayama, anhui province, under the flag of coal electricity, has 1. 8 billion tons of hard plaster resources. Enterprises that originally produced only basic building materials, such as plaster powder, were not satisfied with this and were determined to move up the industrial chain。
To that end, the new material has created an innovative model of “production research” integration. They have established close cooperation with the expert teams of leading higher education institutions, such as the chinese university of science and technology, the university of zhejiang and the anhui industrial university, and have jointly explored the “deeply processed code” of hard plaster。
Currently, enterprises are actively pursuing three core r & d projects, focusing on the development of hard plaster super-processing techniques, which can be converted into high-molecular composite materials for use in the plastics and rubber industries, as well as special fillings for applications in new energy sources, super-insulation and other high-end chemical industries。
In particular, new hard plaster-based materials developed by enterprises are becoming visible in the area of building materials with excellent fire resistance. These new materials not only have good fire protection, but are also environmentally friendly and light and are becoming “guardians” in the area of building safety。
“good resources” to “good products”
In august 2025, the officials responsible for coal electricity in the north of the country formulated a clear vision of the future of deep processing of minerals。
It is planned that enterprises will not only promote the transformation of high-quality mineral resources from “primary processing” to “high-value-added products”, but will also create a multi-product synergistic industrial model that will effectively transform “good resources” to “good products”。
From the multi-area application of condensed barstones to an increase in the value of metallite, to a technological breakthrough in hard plaster, the traditional energy industry, the northern coal power, is firmly determined to make a strategic transition to new materials. This transformation is reflected not only in the technological dimension but also in the profound changes in the concept of enterprise development。
In fact, such plans have emerged in the “155” development goal for coal power in the north。
In the view of those responsible for coal power in the north, the current energy structure is undergoing a rapid transition, and coal companies can no longer find themselves in the development dilemma of being unable to turn when markets are good and when markets are poor。
It is understood that the new material industry is being anchored in coal power in the north, accelerating the development of new and strategic industries and trying to open up the growth “second curve”。
They will firmly grasp the advantages of scarce resources, tackle critical technological challenges, build complete industrial chains and transform a stone into a new dynamic that supports high-quality enterprise development. “we break through traditional industrial patterns and actively extend to the non-metal mining sector, and we do deep processing, both to protect the green and green mountains, and to create the silver mountains.” yang lin, chairman of the coal power board of yubei, said。
