China's Coal Output Drops 1.31% in April from Same Month Last Year

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--China's coal output in April 2014 fell 1.31% from the same month last year to 301 million metric tons, while coal sales dropped 1.29% to 289 million metric tons, the China National Coal Association said on May 7.

Coal shipments by rail in April averaged 62,084 cars per day, a drop of 5.7% from March, and a drop of 1.4% from April 2013.

Daily coal consumption by key power producers in April totaled 3.34 million metric tons, a drop of 10% from March, and a drop of 3.1% from April 2013. As of the end of April, coal stockpiles had been more than 300 million metric tons for 29 successive months.

From January through April, accumulative coal output reached 1.18 billion metric tons and accumulative coal sales reached 1.13 billion metric tons.

Total coal output by Inner Mongolia for the January-April period fell 8.8% from the same period last year to 302.74 million metric tons. Key government-owned coal mines produced 286.16 million metric tons, an increase of 21.4% over the same period last year. Coal mines that are owned by local states produced 5.03 million metric tons, a drop of 79.9%; and output by township coal mines reached 11.55 million metric tons, a drop of 83.8%.

From January through April, the total amount of coal produced by Shaan fell 3.3% from the same period last year to 125.37 million metric tons. The output of coal mines owned by the central government rose 8.54% to 38.64 million metric tons; coal mines owned by provincial governments reached 41.11 million metric tons, a drop of 13.03%; and coal mines owned by county-level enterprises reached 4.56 million metric tons.

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