xinhua news agency, beijing, june 27 (reporter zhao wenjun) in order to serve the peak summer energy supply, the state administration of market supervision has deployed various localities to carry out coal price supervision and inspection work. electric coal, and crack n on illegal activities such as price gouging and collusion to increase prices.
this is what the reporter learned from the state administration for market regulation on the 27th. according to reports, for fabricating and disseminating price increase information, disrupting the market price order, hoarding coal beyond the normal storage quantity or storage cycle, and greatly increasing the coal price when the cost has not increased significantly, or although the cost has increased, the coal price has risen significantly if the increase is higher than the cost, the market supervision department will deal with it in accordance with laws and regulations through tying sales, greatly increasing transportation costs, and charging other unreasonable fees to increase coal prices in disguise.
