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Shandong October coal output up 0.92% y-o-y

Eastern China’s Shandong province produced a total 15.29 million tonnes of raw coal in October, rising 0.92% on month and up 6.73% from the year prior --- the ninth straight yearly increase, showed preliminary data from the Shandong Administration of Coal Mine Safety on November 9.

Total raw coal output of the province reached 124.6 million tonnes over January-October, down 3.77% year on year.

Of this, the provincial-owned mines produced 92.6 million tonnes of raw coal over January-October, edging down 0.14% year on year; while the output from coal mines owned by municipal and lower-level governments fell 4.61% on year to 32 million tonnes.

source: http://en.sxcoal.com