maxim99|China's coal output down 3 pct in January-May
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BEIJINGmaxim99, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China's raw coal output fell 3 percent year on year to 1maxim99.86 billion tonnes in the first five...
BEIJINGmaxim99, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China's raw coal output fell 3 percent year on year to 1maxim99.86 billion tonnes in the first five months of this year, official data showed.
In the January-May period, China's coal imports maintained fast growth, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
China imported 200 million tonnes of coal during the period, up 12.6 percent from the same period last year, the data revealed.
In May alone, the raw coal output stood at 380 million tonnes, down 0.8 percent year on year, but the decline was 2.1 percentage points narrower than in April.■
