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China's coal output continues to drop

Coal output in China, the world's largest coal producer, continued to decline in the first ten months of 2015, as the impact of clean air and renewable energy policies began to weigh on the industry, official data showed on Tuesday.

China's coal production fell 3.6 percent year on year to 3.05 billion tonnes in the first ten months, according to figures from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

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