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China’s Shenhua Guoneng builds large coal mine in northeast China

* China’s state-run utility and coal mining firm Shenhua Guoneng Group has built a large new coal mine in northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, China News Service reported

* It was not immediately clear if production at the Chaoyang open-pit mine had started

* The mine, located in Baoqing county of Shuangyashan city, cost a total of 3.656 billion yuan ($522.73 million) to build and has proven brown coal reserve of more than 800 million tonnes, according to the report published on Thursday

* The mine has an annual production capacity of 11 million tonnes

* China’s emissions of the climate-warming greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from its energy sector are expected to increase this year and next, driven by rising oil and gas consumption instead of by coal

* But environmental groups have warned recently of signs that China is letting up in its campaign to shift away from coal in an attempt to stimulate economic growth and head off future energy shortages
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

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