Monday, 30 May 2011
China's railway authority has drawn up plans to guarantee the supply of coal to power plants over coming months as the country's worst electricity shortages in years kicks in.
According to a statement on its website, the ministry said it would ensure that rail transportation problems do not cause power restrictions and would see to it that coal was delivered to regions where inventories were currently low.
Railways delivered an average of 87,423 shipments of coal per day from May 1 to 23, and the 363 power plants directly supplied by the ministry had 31.66 million tonnes of stockpiles, which could last 13.9 days.
China's overloaded rail and road networks struggle to deliver vast quantities of coal from major producing regions in the north to big electricity-consuming provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong in the east and southeast, where local supplies are scarce. (sourced Reuters)
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