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Chinese coal miners to work less hours this year in bid to reduce supply glut

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 18, 2016 | 5:21 am Energy China Europe Coal 

China, the world’s largest coal consumer, is stepping up efforts to shrink both oversupply and a worsening pollution crisis in its major cities by reducing the number of working days for its coal miners to 276 a year from 330. Official...

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