China Xinjiang's coal production boom expected to continue

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has seen its coal embrace a boom in the past few years, with rising coal demand - particularly from the country's southwest regions - and new rail lines overcoming its long-standing sales challenges. This trend is expected to continue amid China's heightened focus on energy security.

Fast capacity expansion in the past five years Xinjiang's coal production capacity started expanding at a fast pace since 2019, with its total annual capacity of the fuel notching 413 million tonnes by end-2023, more than double the 2018-level, as Mysteel Global reported. For example, the Baishihu opencast coal mine in