DME Clean Energy Pty. Ltd. (DMECE) intends to develop a new opportunity for the struggling Australian brown coal industry.  The company has asked Unitel to design an enhanced process for making DME from brown coal mined in the State of Victoria.  With a prevailing price of $7 per ton for brown coal, the underlying economics of this business are exceptionally attractive. 

This project has an interesting background.  While urban areas in Korea have ready access to natural gas through a network of pipelines, businesses and families in many rural and remote parts of the country have to depend upon liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders for their heating and cooking applications.  Much of the LPG sold in Korea is imported.