Products of Lu'An Taihang Lubricating Oil Corp. [Photo/sxrb.com]

The Lu'An Taihang Lubricating Oil Corp of Shanxi province has developed a special lubricating oil, as the world's first oil to use coal as the raw material, for a low cost, high added-value, environmentally friendly lubricating oil.

The company’s oil can be widely used in the iron and steel, electric power generation and chemical industries and has a quality that equals that of the world’s leading lubricating oil, Shell.

The chairman of Lu'An Taihang says the coal-based lubricating oil marks a significant step in domestic innovation. Lu'An has 180 different coal-based chemical products, including several national and international breakthroughs.