The country produced 3.44 billion tonnes of raw coal during the period, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Japan’s JFE Steel Corp is in talks to buy a stake in the metallurgical coal business of Canada’s Teck Resources, two people aware of the development said, adding to the list of suitors that also includes miner Glencore.

Coal miner Whitehaven Coal has struck $3.2-billion deal with diversified miner BHP and Mitsubishi Development to acquire the Duania and Blackwater metallurgical coal mines in Queensland.

Last year alone, Shanxi produced over 1.3 billion tonnes of coal. It has set a coal output target of nearly 1.37 billion tonnes for 2023.

The company and Indonesian energy and mineral resources ministry could not be reached for comment.

China's raw coal output rose 2 percent year on year to 380 million tonnes in August, official data showed.

Indonesia will revise its green taxonomy to facilitate funding for the early retirement of coal-fired power plants, according to domestic financial services authority (OJK).

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has warned BHP that he may cancel the major miner’s leases in the state unless the company backtracks on its decision to pause new investments.