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1 Qinhuangdao coal stocks rebound above 5Mt amid recovered supply 2020-02-21

Coal inventories at Qinhuangdao, key transshipment port in northern China, have recovered to above 5 million tonnes for the first time since early January, due to accelerated inbound arrivals followin

2 NW China city restores 75% of coal capacity, yet worries linger 2020-02-21

Yulin city, a major coal production city in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, had restored 75% of its total coal production capacity as of February 18, according to a news briefing on the same da

3 China Coal Daily Track (Feb 21) 2020-02-21

Thermal coal Production area Purchases were active in Shaanxi from coking plants and chemical factories in local and surrounded areas, worsening supply woes. Labor shortages made most coal min

4 Expectations diverge on Chinese thermal coal market 2020-02-21

Market participants held different opinions about the direction of Chinese domestic thermal coal market from late February to early March, mainly focusing on the debate over whether recovery in the su

5 Chinese seaborne import thermal coal suffers poor liquidity, prospect unclear 2020-02-21

Chinese seaborne import thermal coal market still suffered poor liquidity near late this week, marking sluggish transactions for over a week. Near-term prospects remained murky due to uncertain Chines

6 Active buying pushes up thermal coal prices in Shaanxi 2020-02-21

Thermal coal prices continued edging up in Shaanxi, the third-largest coal production base in China, as end buyers were scrambling to buy the material in an undersupplied market. In Yulin

7 China Coal Daily Track (Feb 20) 2020-02-20

Thermal coal Production area Coal production in northern areas is expected to fully return to normal in early March. As of February 17, over 70.2% of capacity, or 2.915 billion tonnes per a

8 S Africa thermal coal exports hit 3-yr low in 2019 2020-02-20

Thermal coal exports from South Africa, a major coal production nation worldwide, nosedived to a three-year low in full-year of 2019, showed customs data. The country supplied a total 75.

9 France to close oldest nuclear power plant in Jun 2020-02-20

France will shut down the Fessenheim nuclear reactor, the country's oldest nuclear power plant, at the end of June, with one of its reactors to be closed this weekend, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe'

10 China Shenhua Jan commercial coal output up 14.2% on yr 2020-02-20

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., a listed arm of China Energy Investment Corp., registered a 14.2% year-on-year rise in its commercial coal output in January, the company said in a statement on Februar

1 Chinese coal traders hunt for short-term buys amid virus disruption 2020-02-12

Chinese coal traders and small coal-fired utilities are scrambling to lock in supplies of fuel from miners, worried about the prospects of market tightness as downstream users return to work after an

2 Indonesia 2019 coal exports hit multi-yr high 2020-02-13

Indonesia exported 456 million tonnes of coal in 2019, hitting a new high at least since 2015, official data showed. The 2019 exports were up 6.43% compared with a year ago, according to

3 Over half of China's coal mines resume production, top planner 2020-02-12

Production had been resumed at 57.8% of the coal mines in China as of February 10, according to a news briefing held by the country's top economic planner on February 11. Further recovery

4 CHN Energy adjusts up Feb term contract coal prices, sources 2020-02-11

China's top coal producer CHN Energy, usually called Shenhua by Chinese coal industry insiders, increased its monthly contract thermal coal prices for February shipments, sources said. Th

5 MEC halts coal exports to China after border shut 2020-02-14

Mongolia Energy Corporation (MEC) said it had to suspend coal exports to China until early next month, as the government had decided to close all border crossings with China to prevent the novel coron

6 Mongolia shuts freight through border crossings on coronavirus fears 2020-02-11

Mongolia on February 9 announced to temporarily shut down road freight via border crossings with China on fears of the novel coronavirus epidemic, Mongolian media reported. The movement c

7 Weekly global coal market news summary (Feb 10-Feb 14) 2020-02-14

Bearishness prevails in Chinese import thermal coal market With clear increases in the recent two weeks, prices of import thermal coal cargoes have been close to the upper limit of Chinese buyer

8 China thermal coal prices firm up in early-Feb, NBS 2020-02-14

Prices of China's thermal coal strengthened in early-February. Some coal grades inched up while some remained stable compared with ten days ago, showed data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS

9 Coronavirus outbreak drives steel product prices down in China in early-Feb 2020-02-14

China saw its steel product prices down in the first ten days of February, as downstream demand was further delayed by the extended holiday to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. Specif

10 Mongolia Jan coal exports rise 14.5% on yr 2020-02-12

Mongolia's coal exports registered a 14.5% increase in January from the same month last year, official data showed. The country exported 2.43 million tonnes of coal in January, a 44.12% r

1 Indonesian low-CV thermal coal heads for 7-mth high on supply crunch 2020-02-07

FOB price of Indonesian low-calorific value thermal coal is heading for a seven-month high in Chinese import market, along with revived demand from Chinese utilities as domestic supply and transport w

2 Supply tightness shores up thermal coal prices at China ports 2020-02-04

Chinese domestic thermal coal market saw a bright start after the Spring Festival holidays, backed by supply tension over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On February 3, Fenwei CCI

3 Qinhuangdao port coal stocks fall to record low amid supply woe 2020-02-04

Coal stock of China's largest north-to-south transfer port Qinhuangdao plummeted to a multi-year low, as inbound shipments were constrained over the Spring Festival holidays that were extended by the

4 Indonesian miners accelerate coal shipments despite virus fears 2020-02-10

Indonesian miners sped up vessel loading of thermal coal to China, traders said, despite fears of the novel coronavirus that have killed hundreds of people. A Beijing-based trader said hi

5 Australian thermal coal miners raise offers to Chinese buyers 2020-02-05

Australian miners generally raised offer prices of thermal coal to Chinese buyers shortly after Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, encouraged mainly by increased demand from power plants and a lack of d

6 Indonesian thermal coal hovers higher in Chinese import market 2020-02-06

Prices of Indonesian thermal coal picked up in Chinese seaborne import market, as local rainfalls continued constraining supply to the world's largest coal consumer while part of the end users look to

7 Coal burns of China's coastal utilities fall to record low amid weak industrial activity 2020-02-07

Coal consumption of China's major coastal power groups has fallen to a record low as industrial activity was heavily disrupted by the Wuhan virus outbreak. Data from sxcoal.com showed dai

8 An overview of Chinese coal imports in Dec 2020-02-06

China's coal imports in December slumped to the lowest level since 2014 at least, mainly as the country tightened control of customs clearance to rein in the whole-year import of foreign cargoes.

9 China's portside thermal coal in shortage on production, transport disruption 2020-02-06

Supply of thermal coal to China's northern transfer ports remained tight, traders said, as miners and trucks were still absent under strict controls of the novel virus. While the governme

10 Qinhuangdao coal prices continue to rise on supply woe 2020-02-05

Chinese thermal coal prices continued to move up at Qinhuangdao and other northern transfer ports, as supply tension seems not to be eased soon under the pressure of the virus epidemic. B

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