Coal deliveries to power plants reach six-month low in Oct: US EIA

China's Shanxi province saw its foreign trade volume reach 204.1 billion yuan (about $32 billion) from January to November this year, up 58.1 percent year-on-year, according to local customs.

The November output represented 6.1-percent growth from the same period in 2019, according to the NBS.

A total of 104 coal mines in Shanxi have applied for increasing their production capacity this year.

China's raw coal output registers faster growth in November

By 2025, the ministry will build about 100 model programs to encourage green freight delivery.

"Once the prices move outside of the reasonable range, (we will) take timely measures to regulate the prices," the NDRC said.

Coal and power trade between China and Russia has also been on the rise.