China`s coal output down 5.8% to 1.8 bln tons in H1
Source: www.chinamining.org Citation: China Knowledge Date: July 28, 2015
China`s coal output delivered a year on year drop of 5.8% to 1.79 billion tons in the first half of this year, according to figures released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
In the first half of this year, China`s coal imports plunged 37.5% year on year to 99.87 million tons.
As of the end of Jun, coal storage at major ports of China shrank 16.4% to 39.67 million tons. Meanwhile, China`s national coal storage at major power plants stands at 65.41 million tons and will be available for 22 days by the end of Jun.
In the Jan-Jun period, total electricity consumption rose a meager of 1.3% to 2,662.4 terawatt hours, 4.1% lower than in the same period of 2014 and hit the lowest level since 1980.
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