China’s coal output up 5.4 percent in January-July

In July this year, China’s raw coal output amounted to 290 million mt, increasing by 8.5 percent year on year, while this increase was 2.1 percentage points lower than that recorded in June, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In the January-July period of the current year, China’s raw coal production totaled 2.01 billion mt, up 5.4 percent year on year.