China's raw coal output rose 0.1 percent year-on-year to 3.13 billion tons in the first 10 months of 2020, official data showed.

The country produced 340 million tons of raw coal last month, up 1.4 percent from October in 2019, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The country imported 13.73 million tons of coal in October, down 46.6 percent year-on-year. In the first 10 months, coal imports dropped 8.3 percent year-on-year to 250 million tons.