Chinese firm builds 200-million-tonne coal base
January 5th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Shenhua Shendong Coal Group Corp produced 202 million tonnes of commercial coal in 2011, becoming the first 200-million-tonne commercial coal production base in China.
The company said it had set several new records in coal output and sales in 2011, People’s Daily reported Thursday.
Its commercial coal output reached 202 million tonnes, up nearly 9.3 million tonnes from the previous year.
The company’s Shendong coalfield covers a total area of 31,200 sq km. It is partly located in northern Yulin in Shaanxi province and partly in southern Ordos in Inner Mongolia.
The coalfield has 223.6 billion tonnes of proven coal reserves, the largest in China. The company has built the world’s only 10-million-tonne coal mine complex.
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