BEIJING : China is expected to see its coal output to grow further in 2022 after hitting a record last year, an industry body forecast on Wednesday, as the country will need to consume more of the dirty fossil fuel to power its economic growth.
"China's coal output will maintain a moderate increase in 2022," said China National Coal Association , an industry body mainly representing Chinese coal miners, in a report. The national coal association did not give a forecast of coal output level in 2022. It expected some big and modern coal mines in northern and northwestern China to add production capacity this year and production efficiency at coal mines to improve.
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