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As of 18:00 GMT+8 Nov 30, coal-dedicated railway Daqin line unloaded 6.01 mln wagons of coal, with daily coal unloading averaging 18,000 wagons, up 11.3% YoY, the highest level in the past 10 years.
Australia's Bathurst Resources plans to expand its metallurgical coal export business by developing Buller metallurgical coal project in New Zealand and its metallurgical coal project in Canada's Crown Mountain.
Shanxi Coking Coal Group shouldered power coal supply task of 5 Mt to Henan and 500 Kt to Liaoning, and the company's power coal shipment totaled 1.27 Mt in Nov, with fulfilment rate at 78% for the month.
China's effective coking coal supply was 46.75 Mt in Oct, up 4.1% MoM, and consumption was 43.4 Mt, down 3.6% MoM, with a supply glut of 3.35 Mt, reversing from a shortage last month, showed Sxcoal data.
As of 11:30 a.m. (GMT+8) December 3, Chinese coking coal futures fell 2.06%, coke fell 0.63%, thermal coal rose 0.98%, and iron ore decreased 3.6%.
Shanxi Coking Coal Group produced 160 Mt of raw coal by end-Nov and is poised to achieve annual target of 170 Mt.
CHN Energy Shuohuang railway transported 30.2 Mt of coal in Nov, averaging 1.007 Mt each day, setting a new record in monthly shipment.
Indonesia's miner Bayan Resources reaped operating revenue of $1.7 bln in Q3 this year, jumping 70% YoY, while Adaro Energy also saw a 31% surge in revenue to $2.5 bln, thanks to rallies of global coal prices since this year.
Russia has delivered nearly 13.6 bln cubic meters of natural gas to China through China-Russia east route gas pipeline as of Dec 2 with steady run for 2 years. The 5,111km pipeline, stretching from Heilongjiang in NE China to Shanghai in China's part, was commissioned on Dec 2, 2019.
China's Ministry of Emergency Management in a meeting on Nov 29 stressed all provinces should learn lessons from Russia's latest severe coal mine accident and strengthen crackdown on illegal and deadly mining behaviors while prompting release of advanced coal production capacity and ensuring power coal supply.
China's thermal coal supply presented a higher surplus of 44.65 Mt in Oct than 25.64 Mt in Sep, with total supply growing 8.07% MoM to 330.75 Mt while consumption rising 2.02% MoM to 286.10 Mt in Oct, showed Sxcoal data.
Brazil exported 28.99 million tonnes of iron ore in November, down 0.54% from 29.15 million tonnes in the same month a year earlier, according to data released by local government.
The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index rose for a 5th straight session on Dec 1 to its highest in a month, as gains in panamax and supramax vessels offset a dip in capesize segment. Shipbroker Intermodal attributed this to rebounding Australia and Indonesia coal flows, tighter capacity supply and improved sentiment.
As of 11:30 a.m. (GMT+8) Dec 2, Chinese coking coal futures rose 2.87%, coke rose 1.61%, thermal coal fell 0.92%, and iron ore increased 0.48%.
The effective supply of anthracite and meagre coal for PCI purpose stood at 7.43 Mt in Oct, rising 6.8% MoM, but consumption dropped 4.1% to 6.62 Mt. Overall, PCI coal supply exceeded demand by 800,000 t in Oct, expanding from 50,000 t in Sep, Sxcoal data showed.
Indonesian thermal coal trades quiet as buying enthusiasm fades Indonesian thermal coal market saw an uneventful session at the beginning of this month with offers and bids largely unchanged
Chinese utilities slow coal purchases awaiting further market cues Chinese utilities have slackened spot coal purchases in the domestic market this week as they expected prices to fall back s
Chinese downstream users shunned procurement of seaborne coking coal on limited price advantage compared with domestic and imported Mongolian coking coal, further accelerating declines of seaborne pri
The fluctuations in global thermal coal prices seem unlikely to lose momentum as these rates, which saw an average rise of $30/t till the last week, have corrected down by $40/t this week.
Thermal coal Production area Coal prices at major production areas stabilized temporarily, except for 20-60 yuan/t downward corrections by some miners in Shaanxi. Most mines with commitment to
The long-awaited coal pricing mechanism for 2022 long-term contracts has been unveiled, according to a draft plan issued at the National Coal Trade Fair held on December 3. The draft, mad
South Africa's coal exports fell again in October from a six-month high in the previous month and hit the lowest level for the same month since at least 2011, affected by restraints of railway capacit
China has undergone four rounds of cold snaps since mid-October, bringing heavy gales and snowfalls in the northeast region, but its coal-burning for household heating seemed lower than expected.
China's Manzhouli road border crossing is going to suspend on-site loading and unloading, transportation and customs clearance for imports, including coal and fine ore starting from December 3, accord
China thermal coal market key figures in focus. The latest data for thermal coal prices, stocks, shipments in major production areas, transfer ports and most followed downstream sector data.
China's thermal coal (including bituminous and sub-bituminous coal, but excluding lignite) imports jumped 173.55% or 8.4 million tonnes year on year to 13.24 million tonnes in October, showed data fro
China's coking coal imports declined 25.7% year on year but ticked up 0.69% month on month to 4.38 million tonnes in October, customs data showed on November 22. The import
Beijing and Moscow are mulling over cooperation to jointly develop coal projects in Russia, the Russian deputy prime minister said on November 17. The Russian government is planning to si
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) expected coal inventories at power plants would exceed the scale in the same period last year, reaching the highest level in history, laying a
China and Mongolia planned to restart road transport at Zamyn-Uud/Erenhot border crossing in the near term, on the premise of strict implementation of anti-pandemic measures in the two countries, but
Colombia's coal production is expected to recover around 20% in 2021 from a year ago, said Diego Mesa, the Minister of Mines and Energy. Coal is the major source of income for Colombia, a
China's top economic planner held a symposium recently with key coal and power enterprises discussing a way to improve the market pricing mechanism for coal, in a way to bring the prices back to a rea
South Korea planned to close 8-16 coal-fired power plants during December-February 2022, in a bid to reduce dust discharge this winter, while other plants were asked to operate at below 80% capacity,
Indonesian thermal coal miner Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITM) produced 4.6 million tonnes of coal during July-September, falling 6% compared with the same period in 2020, the company said in a report.
China imported 770,000 tonnes of anthracite in October, jumping 79.2% from a year ago and up 2.67% from the preceding month, showed data from the General Administration of Customs on November 22.
Spurred by the government's continuous efforts to boost coal supply ahead of the winter heating season, China's coal production recorded a new high in October, which helped ease concerns of potential
Chinese end users have changed their previous wait-and-see attitude and sent more ships to northern ports for coal loading in anticipation of surging consumption during a colder La Nina winter, drivin
Chinese domestic thermal coal market showed signs of rebounding on November 17 with offers up slightly from a day earlier due to limited availability of saleable cargoes at northern ports, but most pa
China's seaborne import coking coal prices have plunged by more than $80/t compared with the preceding week, tracking a fast downtrend in domestic coal prices led by mounting sales pressure after more
Along with the pickup in the Chinese domestic market, Indonesian thermal coal prices showed signs of stabilizing after relatively fast falls early this week. Indonesian miners offered 3,8
Thermal coal prices at Chinese main production heartlands showed signs of stabilizing after being halved amid the government-imposed price cap, mainly supported by authorities' more detailed regulatio
Another nationwide cold front is forecast to hit China soon following the previous one two weeks ago, raising expectations of growing supply and demand of coal, the most widely used fossil fuel in the
Russia's coking coal exports remained high and the share of its shipments to the largest buyer China further expanded in September, according to Russian customs data. But India is likely to emerge as
Indonesian thermal coal prices registered a clear decline on November 18 after some traders answered recent tenders issued by Chinese state-owned utilities with low offer prices, which weighed on the
After being muted for weeks, the Chinese domestic thermal coal market saw the trading activity warm up again as cold weather prompted utilities to restock to cope with the potential cold snap that wou
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