China’s coal output up 5.7 percent in January-September

In September this year, China’s raw coal output amounted to 300 million mt, increasing by 7.6 percent year on year, while this increase was 3.5 percentage points higher than that recorded in August, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In the January-September period of the current year, China’s raw coal production totaled 2.59 billion mt, up 5.7 percent year on year.