China's Shanxi pushes for faster coal mine restarts, snapping price rally

Shanxi province, once the top coal mining hub in China, has told its provincial energy groups to speed up coal mine restarts, raising expectations that supply lost since a fatal accident in May will return, although any resumption among suspended mines is on the premise that they pass a safety check.

Governor Lu Dongliang delivered the message at a state-owned enterprise reform meeting on September 13. Provincial energy companies must take on the "political responsibility" for stable output and supply and resume production faster, with safety as the precondition, provincial government website reported. Before the meeting, Lu visited Jinneng Holding Group,