(Yicai  Global) March 20 -- China Shenhua Energy, the country's largest coal  producer, sold 22 percent less coal at 30.3 million tons last month from  a year ago due to shrinking demand amid the Covid-19 epidemic, the  Beijing-based firm said yesterday.

However, Shenhua produced just 1.2 percent less coal that month at 25.4 million tons.

During  the first two months of this year, Shenhua sold 12 percent less of the  fossil fuel at 57.4 million tons from a year before. Its output climbed 6  percent to 49.5 million tons.

The  country's coal production fell 6 percent in the two months to 490  million tons from a year ago, according to data published by the  National Bureau of Statistics early this week.

Editor: Emmi Laine