NASDAQ Halts Sino Clean Energy, Inc.

NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market^® (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted today in Sino Clean Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCEI) at 7:00:16 a.m., Eastern Time, for "additional information requested" from the company at a last price of $1.02.

Trading will remain halted until Sino Clean Energy, Inc. has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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