NBS: China 2022 coal output up 9%, coke up 1.3%

By 2022, China produced 4.5 billion tonnes of raw coal for all utilization in total, or up 9% on year, according to the latest release by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). At the same time, China's output of coke throughout the whole year also rose by 1.3% on year to 473.4 million tonnes, the data release on January 17 showed.

For December alone, China's nationwide raw coal output increased by 2.4% on year to reach 402.7 million tonnes, the data showed, while on a daily basis, the country's raw coal production remained largely stable at 12.99 million tonnes/day last month, down by a tiny 0.4% on month, Mysteel Global