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In China, coal miners and hauliers are racing against time as winter approaches. A necessary material in this country where it is used in many sectors, including industry.
In China, trucks full of coal are busy, masked by a thick cloud of dust that makes it impossible to see the sky. Coal producers have been ordered by the government to increase their coal production, even if it means reopening certain closed mines in the country, such as in Shanxi province, in northern China, the heart of the mining basin. This harvested coal is needed to run thermal power plants. Challenging conditions for all. “We will have to meet everyone’s needs, and winter is coming. We will have to warm up “, says a trucker.
China, still a fan of coal, will have to meet strong demand, between that of industry and that of the population. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, China has never produced so much coal. Overproduction in order to avoid shortages, which have already caused the price of coal to soar: to 102 euros per tonne in January 2021, it has now risen to 266 euros. This gives hope to the charcoal producers, which is not dead. “The drop in coal consumption seems utopian for the moment“, indicates Arnauld Miguet, journalist France Televisions in China.