Chinese coal production in October rose to the highest level since March 2015 as the energy crisis in the world’s second-largest economy prompted authorities to seek to increase coal supply and reduce coal prices. China, the largest consumer and producer of coal, saw its October output rising to 357.09 million tons, compared to 334.1 million tons in the previous month, according to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics cited by Reuters . Chinese authorities have recently ordered the expansion of more than a hundred coal mines amid a coal and energy crisis in the country that led to power outages at factories. The rush to secure more domestic supply resulted in a monthly coal output in October that was at its highest in six and a half years—since March 2015. Last week, China’s daily coal production hit a record high of 12.05 million tons, the National Development and […]