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As China's leading energy base, Shanxi Province is key to the country's energy supply and electricity transmission.

The bureau predicted that whole-year coal output is expected to surpass 1.3 billion tons.

Average monthly output of coal produced by the company has been around 50 million tons during the past 15 months, he added.

Specifically, the industrial output of manufacturing increased by about 3.1 percent last year, according to the ministry.

Most of the capital goods in China posted lower prices in late December compared with mid-December of 2022, official data shows.

China produced some 4.45 billion tons of coal last year, up 8 percent year-on- year.

The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.