Air cargo the area surrounding the city and thus land access. As this access was closed, in the so-called Berlin blockade, an airlift remained the only option to get increasingly urgent deliveries of food, coal, and other supplies to West Berlin. Over 330 days to 12 May 1949 a total of 2.26 million tons of cargo were airlifted to Berlin, an average of 6,800 tons a day, 80% by the US and 20% by the UK. Although freight traffic developed modestly, reaching only 800,000 tonnes worldwide by the mid-1950s, the world economy was hitting its post-war stride. Germany and Japan were emerging
Shanxi Coking Coal Group is the parent of three publicly traded companies: Nafine Chemical Industry Group, Shanxi Coking Company and Xishan Coal and Electricity Power. As at 31 December 2015, Shanxi Coking Coal Group had a mining capability of 86.9 million metric tons per year, according to National Energy Administration, with some capability were not disclosed, such as Shaqu mine () of Huajin Coking Coal. In 2011 Shanxi Coking Coal Group is the largest Chinese miner for coking coal (metallurgical coal). According to the company, the group produced 105.35 million tons of coal and 9.62 million tons of coke, plus 13 billion kWh of