Production of metallurgical coal rose to 1.38 million tonnes in the three months to June 30.

A section of a mountain collapsed at a coal mine in China’s northwestern Gansu province.

To put fossil fuel consumption into perspective on a more individual basis, this graphic visualizes the average person’s fossil fuel use over a lifetime of 80 years.

China, which produces more than half the world’s coal, has said consumption won’t peak until 2025.

The project has annual production capacity of 4 million tonnes a year.

It has been nearly a decade since the Sukunka metallurgical coal mine proposal was first pitched to the BC Environmental Assessment Office.

The European Union’s top coal producer is scrambling to fill a potential deficit of the fuel ahead of winter.