Russia remained the top crude oil supplier to China in January, data showed, starting 2018 on a strong note after the operation of an expanded trans-Siberia pipeline began and as China released more crude import quotas for independent refiners.
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Shanxi produced more than 16.2 billion tonnes of coal from 1949 to 2014, accounting for one-quarter of the total coal output across the country, said the provincial land and resources department.