In the first three quarters of the current year, China's Inner Mongolia region produced 719.55 million mt of raw coal, increasing by 31.98 percent or 174.37 million mt as compared to the same period last year, according to the region's coal industry bureau. In September alone, Inner Mongolia's raw coal output totaled 94.98 million mt, up 34.8 percent or 24.52 million mt year on year.
Breaking down the figure for raw coal output in the January-September period, the western part of Inner Mongolia produced 503.11 million mt of raw coal in the period in question, increasing by 37.39 percent or 136.91 million mt year on year, while the eastern part produced 216.44 million mt, rising by 20.92 percent or 37.45 million mt year on year.