Workers unload coal from a freight train in Jiujiang, eastern China’s Jiangxi Province, in this file photo. Shares of Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed coal miners dropped sharply yesterday following news of government intervention to cool the red-hot market. Reuters reported Tuesday that China’s top economic planner ordered utilities this week to stop stockpiling thermal coal and told miners to slash prices, the government’s first direct intervention since mid-2016. Xinhua |