 In April 2012 KEPCO contracted ICPO to raise $400m to buy into Boutique Coal in Australia to benefit from cheap coal briquettes which improved burn efficiency by up to 30% reduced and by >80% and reduced .KEPCO scientists tried to get IP details and reverse engineer the product for their own use.Boutique Coal cancelled all association with KEPCO due to an attempt to circumvent and declared KEPCO less than reputable.