HULUNBUIR, China (AP) — China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer. In 2024, the country produced more than 470 million metric tons of coal, accounting for 52.6% of the world’s total.

China's refiners could reap windfall profits in the event of a prolonged disruption to crude supplies from the Middle East.

China's expanding coal-to-liquids (CTL) and coal-to-chemicals (CTC) sectors explain the divergence between rising coal output and declining power-sector consumption, exports and shrinking stocks ...

China remained the world’s largest coal producer in 2025, with coal output increasing by 2.7% year-on-year to 4.98 billion tonnes.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wesley Alexander Hill (何伟龙) is an Energy and Geoeconomics expert The Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station looms over the ...

GUJIAO, China — Rescuers wearing headlamps and oxygen backpacks carried dozens of miners to safety Sunday after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed at least 74. The blast at the ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people working in ...

BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China has halted operations at 32 open-pit coal mines in the northwestern Inner Mongolia region, according to industry consultancy MySteel on Tuesday, after increased safety ...

President Donald Trump speaks at a breakfast with Republican Senators as the government shutdown becomes the longest in U.S. history. by Associated Press BEIJING (AP) - Thirteen people have been found ...