Northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, the third largest coal producer in China, posted coal sales of over 300 million tonnes in 2010 for the first time, sources learnt from the provincial coal industry bureau, local paper reported.
Thanks to intensified efforts to adjust industrial structure, Shaanxi saw its coal sales surging for five straight years during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010), an average increase of 40 million tonnes per year, Sanqin Metropolis reported.
Shaanxi’s coal output amounted to 355 million tonnes in 2010, increasing 202 million tonnes from 153 million tonnes in 2005, growing 40.37 million tonnes each year on average, according to the report.
By 2015, the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan, the province’s coal production is expected to reach 600 million tonnes, averagely rising 50 million tonnes per year, according to the province’s coal industry development plan.
News via en.sxcoal.com, 11 Jan, 2011
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