In August, industrial raw coal output above designated size reached 360 million tons, down 7.7% year-on-year.

National Bureau of Statistics: The decline in raw coal production has narrowed. In August, the raw coal output of large-scale industrial enterprises was 360 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.7%, with the decline narrowing by 2.4 percentage points compared to July; the average daily output was 11.67 million tons. From January to August, the raw coal output of large-scale industrial enterprises was 3.06 billion tons, down 3.3% year-on-year.