China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that in February this year coal shipments by Chinese railways amounted to 163 million mt, down 8.4 percent year on year, while in the January-February period shipments totaled 360 million mt, down 8.5 percent year on year.
In the January-February period this year, the railway line from Datong, Shanxi Province to Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province transported 70.18 million mt of coal, down 4.9 percent, while the railway line from Houma, Shanxi to Yueshan, Henan transported 28.76 million mt of coal, down 2.7 percent, both year on year.