TAIYUAN - China's coal mining hub Shanxi produced 1.06 billion tons of coal in 2020, ranking the first in the country, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's coal mines have been boosting intelligent mining technologies to reduce accidents with more robots working underground.

The number of pieces of machinery equipped with smart mining technologies reached 494 at the end of 2020, up 80 percent from the previous year. The growth has been rapid as the number was only three in 2015, according to the National Mine Safety Administration.

According to the provincial department of science and technology and energy administration on Dec 28, Southwest China's Guizhou province will intelligentize coal mining and digging through the application of robots.

The annual crude oil and gas equivalent of Changqing Oilfield in Gansu province exceeded 60 million metric tons as of 10 am Sunday, setting a record in annual production of domestic oil fields, according to a statement released by the oilfield on Monday.

Jiaodong Peninsula in East China's Shandong province has become the world's third-largest gold mining area as gold deposits in deep areas and seabed have been discovered in the past decade, according to Shandong Provincial Department of Natural Resources.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday as traders positioned themselves ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's statement due after the market's close.

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