China's top 10 coal firms Jan-Feb output rises 7.1% YoY

China's top 10 coal producers mined a combined 390 million tonnes of raw coal during January-February, up by 25.7 million tonnes or 7.1% from the same period last year, data from the China National Coal Association (CNCA) showed. Their output accounted for 50.6% of China's total coal production during the period.

The higher coal production was mainly due to the low comparing base during the same period last year, when many coal mines in Shanxi – the largest coal-producing province of the country – were forced to slow down production amid local authorities' strict overproduction checks, Mysteel Global noted. In the