Inner Mongolia gets coal crown
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January 16, 2010, Saturday
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THE Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has replaced neighboring Shanxi Province as the country's largest producer of coal, local authorities said yesterday.
Last year, north China's Inner Mongolia reported coal output of 637 million tons, 22 million tons more than Shanxi, China's top coal producing region for 30 years, said a statement from the regional administration of coal mine safety.
Inner Mongolia's coal output jumped 37 percent in 2009 from a year ago, and it was expected to hit 730 million tons in 2010, the statement said.
Shanxi saw an annual decline of 4.7 percent in its coal output in 2009.
Since 2004, Inner Mongolia had cut the number of its collieries from 2,009 to 501, while expanding their annual capacity from 140,000 tons to 1 million tons, it said.
The region also contained the country's largest verified coal reserves of 700 billion tons, which more than doubled Shanxi's reserves, said a spokesman for the regional department of land and resources.
In 2009, Shanxi launched a major coal industry consolidation to optimize operations, which led to closure of collieries with an annual capacity lower than 300,000 tons.
Last year, north China's Inner Mongolia reported coal output of 637 million tons, 22 million tons more than Shanxi, China's top coal producing region for 30 years, said a statement from the regional administration of coal mine safety.
Inner Mongolia's coal output jumped 37 percent in 2009 from a year ago, and it was expected to hit 730 million tons in 2010, the statement said.
Shanxi saw an annual decline of 4.7 percent in its coal output in 2009.
Since 2004, Inner Mongolia had cut the number of its collieries from 2,009 to 501, while expanding their annual capacity from 140,000 tons to 1 million tons, it said.
The region also contained the country's largest verified coal reserves of 700 billion tons, which more than doubled Shanxi's reserves, said a spokesman for the regional department of land and resources.
In 2009, Shanxi launched a major coal industry consolidation to optimize operations, which led to closure of collieries with an annual capacity lower than 300,000 tons.
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