China’s domestic thermal coal production and consumption would fall steeply in the coming weeks as several industries and mines are likely to come to a standstill ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, market sources said Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival holidays will start on February 4 and end on February 10, but coal production will start to decline as Chinese workers prepare to return to their hometowns a week or so before the start of festivities. The rush back home during this period is known as “chunyun” in Chinese, and this peak travel season is dubbed as “the largest annual human migration in the […]