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China Aug coal output falls 0.98 pct on yr -industry website

China's August coal production fell 0.98 pct from a year ago to 302 million tonnes, according to a trade website that cited data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

Total output in the first eight months of 2014 stood at 2.55 billion tonnes, down 1.4 percent from a year ago, according to according to website Coalstudy.com.

Source: Reuters