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.

Staff members work at the production dispatch center of the Huayang No. 2 Coal Mine in Yangquan City, north China's Shanxi ...

Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of power station coal, flagged in early January that it’s looking to slash output by ...

Coal remains the backbone of China’s power system and industry, while oil and natural gas are critical for transport, ...

XI'AN CITY, SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA, February 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Coal shearers serve as the primary cutting ...

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) -- Rescuers searched Thursday for 28 miners trapped for more than a day in a coal mine after an explosion that killed at least 19 people in China's deadliest mining accident in nearly a ...