China’s coal production last month hit its highest level in over fve years. And although production in the fnal weeks of the year faces headwinds, annual output could approach, or even exceed, 2013’s record. National coal output reached 357.09mn t last month, ac- cording to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data. This was up by 4pc from a year earlier and the highest since at least December 2014 and probably longer.
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