BEIJING (Commodity Online): China's coal consumption by power plants is expected to grow by 150 million tonnes in 2012, according to www.cec.org.cn.
According to China Electricity Council, country is expected to increase coal production and imports and reduce exports to ensure sufficient supplies for power generation, as the country heading for another year of power shortage.
The council has forecasted power shortfalls of 30 – 40GW in 2012.
China is the largest producer and consumer of coal. the power sector consumesmore than half of the domestic produce.



