ANN/XINHUA – China’s production of coal, crude oil and natural gas maintained a steady expansion in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed.
Miners in the country churned out 4.24 billion tonnes of coal during the first 11 months, up 2.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The country’s crude oil output climbed 1.8 per cent year-on-year during the period to 191.25 million tonnes, while its crude oil imports gained 12.1 per cent to 515.65 million tonnes.
Production of natural gas rose six per cent in the first 11 months of the year to 209.6 billion cubic metres, while natural gas imports expanded 8.5 per cent to 107.4 million cubic metres, according to the NBS data.
