(Yicai Global) April 17 -- China’s coal production fell just 0.5 percent to 830 million tons in the first quarter from a year earlier as output was ramped up last month as the economy started recovering from the Covid-19 outbreak, according to official data.

In March, output rose by 9.6 percent from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics announced today. It had contracted by 6.3 percent in the first two months of the year from a year ago.

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