“当前的煤炭需求和供应因素,都决定了煤炭价格还有进一步下降的空间。”中国钢铁工业协会副会长王晓齐作出了判断。今年上半年,全国煤炭需求增幅持续回落。与此同时,煤炭供应能力大幅增加。今年1-7月份,全国煤炭产量累计完成22.5亿吨,同比增长5.5%;其中7月份产量3.1亿吨,同比下降1%。此外,进口煤炭总量同比仍保持较大幅度增长。1-7月份,我国累计进 “The current coal demand and supply factors, have decided that coal prices have room for further decline. ” China Iron and Steel Association vice president Wang Xiaoqi made a judgment. In the first half of this year, the national coal demand growth continued to drop. At the same time, the coal supply capacity increased substantially. From January to July this year, China’s coal production totaled 2.25 billion tons, an increase of 5.5% over the same period of last year. Among them, output in July was 310 million tons, down 1% year-on-year. In addition, the total volume of imported coal maintained a significant increase as compared with the same period last year. From January to July, China has entered a total