{
  "id": 7489002,
  "title": "China's August coal output falls 7.7% amid safety focus after accidents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/chinas-august-coal-output-falls-7-7-amid-safety-focus-after-accidents",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-15T06:24:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439565/chinas-august-coal-output-falls-77-amid-safety-focus-after-accidents"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BEIJING: China’s coal production fell 7.7% from a year earlier in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, extending a decline that has followed heightened safety scrutiny after two deadly mining accidents this year. China produced 361.82 million metric tons of coal in August, the data showed. That was up from 343.21 million tons in July. Output over the first eight months of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}