Shaanxi Coal & Chemical 2020 total profit rises 10.2%

1 Spot thermal coal prices slump further at N China ports; vessel shipping rates fall 2021-01-22

China's domestic spot thermal coal prices continued pulling back at northern trading ports, as the worst period for winter heating has come to an end. Coastal power plants took a break of spot purchas

2 Red-hot coke market boosts coking coal price hikes in China 2021-01-22

China's red-hot coke market kept giving a firm boost to premium coking coal prices, as coking plants continued active coal restocking to feed coke ovens and keep lucrative production after 14 rounds o

3 Japan Dec thermal coal down nearly 14% on yr 2021-01-22

Japan's thermal coal imports in December fell 13.8% on the year to 9.26 million tonnes, according to preliminary statistics from its Ministry of Finance. December's thermal coal imports w

4 Mongolia coal output falls 20.3% on yr in 2020, exports down 21.7% 2021-01-22

Mongolia's coal output fell visibly last year as exports towards its largest buyer China got subdued by border cut-offs and other measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The landlock

5 China Coal Daily Track (Jan 22) 2021-01-22

Thermal coal Production area Thermal coal market at main production areas stayed red-hot, with buys from power, chemical and cement plants resilient and coal delivery to railway stations

6 Indonesian thermal coal prices stop rising as demand eases 2021-01-22

Indonesian spot thermal coal prices saw a tranquil session on January 21 with offer prices somewhat retreating from the last few days' gains, as Chinese demand declined. Offers of Indones

7 China's domestic thermal coal prices drift lower on softened demand 2021-01-21

Declines accelerated in the Chinese domestic thermal coal market as end buyers pull backed and waited on the fence for clarity of further market developments. In the following 10 days (Ja

8 Australia may face tougher time as top met coal buyers shift focus 2021-01-21

Australia, a leading metallurgical coal supplier, is likely to face tougher time as its top two importers – India and China – are both looking to diversify source markets amid rising concerns over sup

9 China Dec coal imports from Australia plunge to zero as restrictions still bites 2021-01-21

China didn't let any coal cargoes from Australia pass the customs clearance in December, whereas imports from other major sources like Indonesia and Russia increased sharply, according to data from th

10 Shanxi restores to largest coal producer in China after four years 2021-01-21

Northern China's Shanxi province regained its position as the largest coal producer in the country after overtaking Inner Mongolia, another key hub that topped the country in 2016-19. In

1 China may continue to diversify met coal imports on tough stance on Australia 2021-01-18

China, the world's largest coking coal consumer, is likely to further diversify import sources in 2021, after increased intakes from Mongolia and Russia last year following worsening diplomatic China-

2 China's thermal coal market sentiment turns down as demand dwindles 2021-01-19

Sentiment weakened in Chinese domestic thermal coal market, as some end buyers paused purchases and started to adopt a wait-and-see stance after spot prices surged to new record highs. De

3 Indonesia to charge higher coal, gold mining royalties trying to enhance revenue 2021-01-18

Indonesia plans to adjust up royalty rate on coal and gold in an attempt to boost state revenues after prices of the commodities have recovered, Reuters reported citing an Indonesian official on Janua

4 China's power generation further gathers pace in Dec 2021-01-18

China's power generation continued gathering pace in December, delivering a robust growth of 9.1% year on year to 727.7 TWh, expanding by 2.3 percentage points from a month ago, showed data from the N

5 China's domestic thermal coal shows signs of abating on falling demand 2021-01-18

China's overheated spot thermal coal market showed signs of abating after rising wildly for weeks, as southern power plants began to hold back on purchases along with sliding coal consumption as tempe

6 Weekly China thermal coal market analysis and forecast 2021-01-18

China's domestic thermal coal market further surged last week with the benchmark price breaking the previous high that had been kept for more than 12 years, as supply tightness worsened after a fresh

7 China's Dec coal output up 3.2% on yr, but helps little to shortage 2021-01-18

China's coal output in December kept growing for the sixth month in a row and remained above year-ago level, but still insufficient to solve a shortage that has led to sharp rise in spot prices.

8 China Coal Dec commercial coal output up 14.6% YoY, sales up 6.9% YoY 2021-01-18

China Coal Energy Co., Ltd, the listed arm of China National Coal Group, produced 8.57 million tonnes of commercial coal in December, rising 14.6% year on year, the miner said in a statement recently.

9 China Dec coke production up 1.2% YoY 2021-01-18

China's coke output increased 1.2% from a year ago to 39.72 million tonnes in December, although the year-on-year growth narrowed 3.3 percentage points from the preceding month, according to official

10 Met coke prices continue to increase at major production areas of China 2021-01-18

Chinese metallurgical coke market is heading for a new round of price increase by 100 yuan/t at the start of the week, the rare 14th straight round of markup. One major coke producer in H