December 04, 2008

Chinese coal and coke production in October

According to the National Bureau of Statistics China's coal production in October 2007 was 198.77 million tonnes. Domestic coal output in the January to October period totaled 1.88 billion tonnes up by 10.2% from the same period of 2006.

China coke output rose 12.3%YoY in October 2007 to 28.54 million tonnes. In the January to October period, domestic coke output totaled 269.87 million tonnes up by 18.1%YoY.

Shenhua’s October coal output increased by 18.4% YoY to 13.5 million tonnes and its coal sales totaled 17.4 million tonnes up by 21.7% from its monthly average in 2006. Of the total sales 1.7 million tonnes were exported recording a 15% decrease.