Huaihua, Hunan (Platts)--5Apr2012/632 am EDT/1032 GMT

Jizhong Energy Group, the largest coal miner in northern China's Hebei province, mined 31 million mt of coal in the first quarter of 2012, up 9.9% year on year, according to a statement Thursday on the website of the Xingtai municipal government.

The statement did not reveal output for Q4 2011.

Of the Q1 total, metallurgical coal accounted for 7.6 million mt, with the rest comprising thermal coal.

Jizhong Energy Group posted a net profit of Yuan 1.27 billion ($201.1 million) in the first quarter of 2012, up 12.4% year on year, according to the government statement.

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The company mined slightly over 100 million mt of coal in 2011, up from 70.2 million mt in 2010, according to information on the company's website. Of the 2011 annual tonnage, metallurgical coal accounted for about 26 million mt, making the company China's second-largest metallurgical coal miner after Shanxi Coking Coal Group.

--Reggie Le, newsdesk@platts.com

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