A total 294.29 million t of raw coal was produced in April, the NBS data showed. The volume was only 0.1% higher than the level in the same month last year, with the growth moderating from a 2.7% rise in March.
It was also 4.06 million t or 1.36% lower than the March level, data showed.
In the first four months, China churned out 1.11 billion t of raw coal, edging up 0.6% y/y, accelerating from a rise of 0.4% a year earlier, showed data which is tracked by sxcoal.com timely and closely all the time.
