NBS: Coal output at China's major hubs dips in Oct, tightening supply

Raw coal production in China's key mining regions continued to contract in October, according to the latest regional breakdown from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), leading to tighter supply against demand.

The combined output of the top five coal-producing regions – Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang, and Guizhou – reached 345.99 million tonnes last month, down 1.3% on year and 0.4% on month, the NBS data showed. Together, they accounted for 85.1% of China's total coal production in the month. Among