National Energy Administration: Coal Demand to Further Increase during the Consumption Peak in Winter and Spring

On the supply side, deliveries were limited in some areas with strict prevention control measures, but production were not affected, while coking enterprises operated normally with smooth shipments. Inventories of coke enterprises run at low levels.

The Economic Operation Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission held a video conference on stabilising coal prices on Tuesday.

In 2021, the coal industry closely followed the new national energy security strategy, with focus on promoting the safe, efficient and intelligent mining as well as clean and efficient use of coal, with the purpose of promoting industrial transformation and upgrading.

As of November 21, Shanxi has supplied 21.87 million mt of thermal coal to 14 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China.

China Coal Group once again reduced the prices of thermal coal at ports and pits.

In the face of the skyrocketing coal prices, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued three notices on October 19, saying that it would use all necessary means to regulate the coal prices. Affected by this, the thermal coal and other futures hit limit down, and the A-share coal stocks fell broadly. While the coal-fired electricity stocks soared.

China Coal Group lowers coal price in North harbor market by 10 yuan per tonne.

Tangshan will forbid coal delivery by automobile at port staring August 15, 2017, SMM reports.

Activity in the mining market slackened in 2016. As of December 2016, the number of valid mineral exploration licenses was 26,904, a drop of 9.3% year-on-year, according to statistics of the Ministry

Urat Customs data show China’s coal imports transit the Port of Ganqimaodu, Inner Mongolia were 5.41 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2016, a growth of 29.94% year-on-year.