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Xinjiang Hami finds 18.6 billion tons coal resources

A total of 18.6 billion tonnes of coal resources have been found within the depth of 1,000 meters in Hami, Xinjiang after one-year exploration work, the Ministry of Land and Resources said on August 21.

Among that, 11.46 billion tonnes have been through detailed investigation, accounting of over 60% of the total resources.

The exploration work was mainly carries out in southern, central and western parts of Sandaoling mining area in Hami, which was identified as another resource-rich bulk coalfield in the autonomous region.

Predicted coal resources in Xinjiang ranks first in China at 2.19 trillion tonnes, accounting for 40.6% of the country’s total.

Xinjiang produced 143 million tonnes of raw coal in 2014, sliding 8.18% on year and taking 3.7% of China’s total output, showed monitoring data by CCR.

source: http://en.sxcoal.com