Hunan, China (Platts)–15 Jul 2016 324 am EDT/724 GMT
China mined 277.54 million mt of crude coal in June, down 16.6% on year, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday. In the first six months, China mined a total of 1,627.64 million mt of crude coal, down 9.7% on year.
The fall was not surprising following the implementation of the 276-workday policy since late April, according to Mao Xiaoling, an analyst with Beijing-based Dexin Yongming Consultation.
China has plans to keep its annual coal consumption under 4.1 billion mt by the end of 2020, Mao said, adding that coal would account for less than 58% of the country’s national energy consumption by then.
In June, China generated 490.8 billion kWh of electricity, up 2.1% on year.
Of that, coal-fired power represented 345.7 billion kWh, up 0.6% on year; hydropower accounted for 106.5 billion kWh, up 3.5% on year; nuclear power accounted for 18 billion kWh, up 13.4% on year.
–Reggie Le, newsdesk@platts.com –Edited by E Shailaja Nair, shailaja.nair@spglobal.com