NBS: Coal output in China's key mining regions rises YoY in August

Raw coal production in China's major producing hubs logged on-year gains in August, with significant growth noted in Xinjiang, according to recent statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Shaanxi – all situated in the northern part of China – remained the three largest coal producers, together accounting for 71% of the country's total raw coal output in August, NBS data showed. Specifically, the top mining province Shanxi alone produced 113.78 million tonnes of raw