China's daily coal output in December fell from November's record as the country's rapidly expanding COVID-19 outbreak has sickened miners and slowed demand from industrial users.
China produced 402.69 million tonnes of coal last month, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday, equivalent to 12.99 million tonnes per day.
Total production for 2022 rose to a record 4.496 billion tonnes, 9% higher than output in 2021, data from the NBS showed. While the lifting of restrictions is expected to raise coal demand from non-utility sectors such steel and cement in the medium term, the surging COVID cases have forced factories to cut back output because of labour shortages.
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