NBS: Inner Mongolia tops Shanxi as China's largest coal producer in Nov

North China's Inner Mongolia surpassed neighboring Shanxi province to become China's largest coal producer in November, although the autonomous region still trailed Shanxi in year-to-date output, according to the latest regional data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Inner Mongolia produced 115.18 million tonnes of raw coal in November, down 2% on year but up 7.8% from October. Shanxi's output, by contrast, slipped 3.3% on year to 111.38 million tonnes, despite a marginal 0.2% month-on-month increase. Inner Mongolia currently has 290 coal mines in operation, with their combined