Tuesday, December 29, 2009

China's Coal Production Up 26 Per Cent In November

In November, China's coal production was 289mln tons, up 26.3% year on year, an increase of 5.2% over last month. China's average daily trucks loading coal were 73859 units, up 1% from last month and 11.6% year on year. The coal shipment was 150mln tons, boosted by 1.8% year on year. Coal inventory increased at the main transshipment ports and the stockpiled coal in power plants declined. At the end of November, coal inventory was 7.2mln tons at Qinhuangdao Port, up 70,000 tons over last month and down 12.5mln tons year on year. Coal inventory was 23.8mln tons in power- supplying plants, down 4.91mln tons over last month and 27.84mln tons year on year.

In Jan. - Nov., China's raw coal output was 2.705bln tons, up 12.6% year on year, down 0.8% year on year. China's average daily trucks loading coal were 69796 units, down 3.3% year on year, and the coal shipment was 1.529bln tons, down 0.7% year on year. According to the customs statistic, coal export was 20.33mln tons, down 50.4% year on year, while the coal import was 109.52mln tons, up 190%. Net import was 89019mln tons, while it was 2.86mln tons in the same period last year.

In Jan.-Nov., the coal industry achieved 182.7bln yuan, down 9.4% year on year

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