China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association: By the end of June, the inventory of key coal enterprises increased by 51.9% year-on-year.

The China Coal Marketing Association has released the operating situation of the coal market in China since June 2025, with coal inventories at historically high levels. At the end of June, key coal enterprises had coal inventories of 1.02 billion tons, basically flat compared to the previous month, a year-on-year increase of 51.9%; the national thermal power plants had coal inventories of 2.1 billion tons, an increase of 5.9% from the previous month, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; and the coal inventories at ports in the Bohai Sea region were 27.65 million tons, a decrease of 8.5% from the previous month, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%. By late July, coal inventories at key monitored coal enterprises had decreased by 8.7% compared to the previous month, while coal inventories at thermal power plants had increased by 2.3% and coal inventories at ports in the Bohai Sea region had decreased by 5.8% compared to the previous month.