The figure was an increase of 4.2 percent from the same period last year, the MCGA said in a statement.

The figure was an increase of 4.2 percent from the same period last year, the MCGA said in a statement.

The growth of China's raw coal production slowed down in August, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

Of the total coal imports in July 2019, non-coking coal shipment was at 12.66 MT.

Production of raw coal was 316.02 million tons, up by 5% vs. the same period in 2018.

The country's coal output surged 12.2 percent year-on-year last month to 320 million tonnes.

Own coal production in 2Q 2019 increased by 18.1% to 1.5Mt.

China’s Coal Production Statistic in Jul 2015