Sentences with phrase «reliance on coal production»
Coal production ceased finally in the UK in 2015, while the Chinese economy is reducing its heavy reliance on coal production in an attempt to improve on terrible air pollution, especially in major cities.
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Beijing has already warned the country may soon hit peak coal production, forcing greater reliance on ever - more costly imports.
India, Indonesia also see rising production GBI projects that India, currently the world's third - largest coal producer, will also see a surge in production — on the order of 6.8 percent annually — because of the country's heavy reliance on coal - fired electricity along with expanding steel, cement and fertilizer manufacturing sectors.
The government's interest in reducing China's use of coal and petroleum products extends beyond environmental and health concerns; it sees both the strategic value of mitigating its reliance on foreign oil and the economic advantages of being on the technological leading edge of energy production.
Officials have tried to improve the air quality in cities like Beijing Shanghai by imposing local coal production quotas and reducing the country's reliance on coal, including a possible game - changing natural gas deal with Russia.