China’s coal output down 3.6 percent in January-October

In October this year, China’s raw coal output totaled 316.95 million mt, up 4.27 million mt or 1.37 percent month on month, marking a third consecutive month-on-month increase, while down 1.2 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In the January-October period of current year, China’s raw coal output totaled 3.04506 billion mt, down 3.6 percent year on year.