An old story, Mike, from 2006. We'll try to find out what's new. But, an excerpt:
"H&WB Corp. has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with MG Mining and Energy Corp. and affiliate Sultan Energy Philippines Corp. that will pave the way for the establishment of Southeast Asia’s first coal-to-liquids plant."
And, like a lot of these projects around the globe, it's planning to use low-quality lignite. Maybe lignite's easier to crack, we don't know. But, on a weight-unit basis, it's BTU content is lower, and it's dross content higher, than WV bituminous.