China Coal Mine Blast Tests Limits of Xi’s Energy Security Push

e}mcfulrj]436n]hk5ffe8)1_media_dl_2.png BloombergNEF; National Bureau o Article content (Bloomberg) — China’s world-beating coal production has helped shield its economy from the worst of the Iran war shock. Now the deadliest mining disaster in years is raising uncomfortable questions about the cost of that drive. Article content The privately owned Liushenyu mine, in the coal-belt region of Shanxi, produces mostly coking coal, meaning it would probably supply steelmakers, not power plants. A mid-sized outfit, it produced a fraction of the region’s annual total. Article content Article content…