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Asia's largest coal reserve discovered in Xinjiang

China has reportedly discovered an 89.2 billion tonne coal reserve at Sha'er Lake in northwest Xinjiang Uygur, in a find that is being termed the largest in Asia.
The new find is expected to be slightly bigger than Inner Mongolia, currently China's largest coal producing region - it surpassed that of the Shanxi province to become the largest coal producing region last year with an annual output of 782 million tonnes.

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