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NEA publishes updates on China’s coal mines capacity

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) published an announcement on September 21, giving updates on production capacity of operating coal mines, following efforts to curb mines that producing beyond their approved capacity.

Shaanxi and Shanxi topped the list, with capacity of coal mines publishing for the first time or changing capacity totaling 133 million and 117 million tonnes per annum by the end of June this year, respectively, the NEA said.

In Shaanxi, the capacity was dominated by 28 coal mines, seven of which with capacity in excess of 10 million tonnes per year; while the capacity in Shanxi was mainly from 67 mines, with 22 mines above 900,000 tonnes per annum and two mines over 10 million tonnes per annum.

Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region followed, with capacity all above 10 million tonnes per annum.

Among those coal mines whose capacity would no longer be published by the NEA, either to be closed or merged with others, 97 coal mines were in Hunan province, with combined capacity totaling 5.65 million tonnes per annum.

Chongqing province ranked second, with 91 small coal mines at a combined capacity of 5.44 million tonnes per year; Xinjiang followed with 32 coal mines at 2.92 million tonnes per year.
 
source: http://en.sxcoal.com