China’s new coal output rate, hiked this week in the teeth of an energy crunch, puts it on pace to produce more of the fuel this year than ever before if the increase is sustained, according to Reuters’ calculations based on official Beijing data. That record level, just under 4 billion tonnes if new production rates are maintained until year-end, significantly raises potential to produce electricity in a country where most power is generated from coal, going some way to easing growth worries […]