Workers construct a railroad linking China’s coal-rich Shanxi Province with the coastal city of Rizhao in eastern China’s Shandong Province in this file photo. Daqin Railway Co., a Shanghai-listed coal-transporting rail operator based in China’s main coal producing province of Shanxi, is expected to see its operational revenue increase by 4.3 billion yuan (US$708.7 million) next year after China Railway Corp. announced yesterday that it would raise transportation prices by 0.015 yuan per ton per kilometer.

 Xinhua