Coal output from northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region is
expected to rise to more than 80 million metric tons this year compared
with 67.7 million tons last year, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said
Friday.
Output from Xinjiang may exceed 100 million tons in 2010, it added.
Xinjiang is accelerating the development of its coal industry,
with 139 coal mine construction projects approved by the regional
government by the end of July, with a planned total annual production
capacity of 226 million tons, Xinhua said.
Xinjiang is rich in coal resources, with potentialreserves
of 2.19 trillion tons, equivalent to 40% of the nation's coal reserves,
Xinhua said.
By the end of 2008, proven coal reserves in Xinjiang totaled 1.99 trillion tons, it added.