China's economic planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), announced that coal production reached 12 million 50 thousand tons on November 10. The amount in question was "the highest daily production ever recorded".
With the rise in global prices, China is trying to alleviate the problem of coal-based energy production by increasing supply and stocks.
The NDRC had previously announced that coal production had increased since mid-October and broke a record with 11 million 930 thousand tons per day on 8 November. In the statement, it was stated that coal stocks reached 117 million tons as of November 6, which is 40 million tons more than the end of September stocks.
Power outages in 20 of 31 states and territories
In China, 56 percent of electricity production comes from coal-fired thermal power plants. Due to the increase in global coal prices, there are problems in supply and electricity production in the country.
Producers had to stop their electricity supply due to the loss of input costs, which resulted in intermittent power outages in September in 20 of the 31 provinces and territories in mainland China.
In the northeastern states, where household electricity is largely supplied by coal-fired power plants, many cities have experienced unplanned power outages. Intermittent electricity supply to many factories and workshops in the inner, southern and eastern states caused problems in production.
Due to the outages, large global companies such as Apple and Tesla, as well as many small and medium-sized enterprises that have an important role in global manufacturing chains, had to pause production.
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