Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 10 Oct 2021, 12:22 pm Print
Coal Mines Unsplash
The Chinese administration has asked the country's coal mines to boost output as an energy shortage across the country has seen millions of homes and businesses hit by power cuts in recent weeks.
Three major coal-producing provinces have pledged to increase production, BBC reported quoting Chinese news agency Caixin.
Several regions in the country are suffering from blackouts since the middle of last month.
Demand for electricity is increasing in the nation as the country emerges from lockdowns.
North China's Inner Mongolia region has told more than 70 mines to boost annual output capacity by nearly 100 million tonnes, according to the Reuters news agency, citing a government official and coal traders, reports BBC.
- Meet Greg Abel who will succeed legendary investor Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway CEO
- Bangladesh's Yunus offers to buy cotton, farm goods duty-free from US after Trump's 37 percent announcement
- E-commerce giant Amazon plans to layoff 14,000 managers by early 2025 as part of the cost-cutting drive: Reports
- Geopolitical tensions, rising costs of climate change, unresolved debt issues putting labour markets under pressure, latest ILO report shows
- PwC to fire 1800 jobs in first major layoffs announced in 15 years
