Not exact matches
Even without the environmental drive, new railways from mines to ports,
falling investment in
coal - fired generation and slowing power demand growth could see China's miners export some of their surplus
output at competitive prices, hitting regional miners and the viability of new projects.
Meanwhile,
coal production
fell by a record 231Mtoe (5.9 %), as massive
output declines continued in the US and China worked to reduce overcapacity and combat air pollution.
This is a continuation of the slide that
coal has been on in the United States for the last decade, with the
output of electricity from
coal - fired plants
falling 39 % from its 2007 peak to 2016.
Coal output last year fell 2.5 % to 3.87 billion metric tons compared with a year before, while coal consumption fell 2.9 % in the period, according to the National Bureau of Statist
Coal output last year
fell 2.5 % to 3.87 billion metric tons compared with a year before, while
coal consumption fell 2.9 % in the period, according to the National Bureau of Statist
coal consumption
fell 2.9 % in the period, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.