China’s daily coal output in April jumped 11% from the same month a year earlier, boosted by Beijing’s order to increase supply to ensure security of the country’s energy supply, but the volume dropped from a record high set in March. The immediate outlook for demand is not strong, however. China, the world’s top coal producer, mined 362.8 million tonnes of the fuel last month, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday, equivalent to 12.09 million tonnes per day. That compares with the record of 12.77 million tonnes per day in March and 10.74 million tonnes per day a year before. Production over the January-April period was 1.45 billion tonnes, also 11% higher than in the same period a year earlier, the bureau’s […]