China Coal Production Down 7.1% in Jan Posted by yosefardi.com | Feb 12, 2018 | News Group China Coal Energy Ltd produced 611,000 tons of commercial coal in January of 2018, down 7.1% from 658,000 tons in January of 2017. Coal sales volume jumped 81.6% to 1.2 million tons in Jan, from 663,000 tons in Jan last year.