(EnergyAsia, April 21) — Shanxi Lu’an Coal has started construction of China’s first coal-to-liquid (CTL) synthetic oil plant. The 1.89 billion yuan plant in Changzhi city in northern Shanxi province is due for completion in 2008. (US$1=8.02 yuan). The plant’s main technology was developed by Shanxi Research Institute of Coal Chemistry under the…