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Thermal coal prices at northern China ports may come under downside pressure, as portside inventories are far higher than levels of corresponding periods in recent years. As of January 29
Chinese thermal coal mines basically kept offer prices unchanged from levels prior to Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, as market activities haven't fully been on the normal track and wait-and-see senti
China's coking coal supply is expected to recover fast after the week-long Spring Festival holiday, with increasing mines planning production resumption and inflows of Mongolian supplies further risin
China saw a significant change in coking coal import pattern in 2022, from a relatively diversified supply in the preceding year to one dominated by Mongolian and Russian cargoes. With th
Thermal coal Production area Thermal coal offers remained stable at main production areas, except a few mines raised prices slightly. Most mines haven't resumed production, and mainly sold their
China coking coal, met coke and steel market key figures in focus.
China's cumulative market-based electricity trades reached 5,254.3 TWh in 2022, up 39% against the volume in 2021, data from the China Electricity Council showed. The market trades repres
China's metallurgical coke market saw a fresh price tussle between coke producers and steelmakers after the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. Some steel mills in Shandong, Hebei, S
China Energy Investment Corporation (CHN Energy) had completed 13.60 million tonnes of commercial coal supply during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday (January 21-27), rising 16% compared with the
India, the world's second-largest steel producer, has several initiatives underway to increase domestic raw coking coal production to 140 million tonnes by 2030, more than doubling the production of 5
The Mongolian government recently said it has found a solution to end years of shady coal deals after people staged a massive anti-corruption protest in Ulaanbaatar last December. Startin
Coal production in northwestern China's Xinjiang reached 400 million tonnes last year, up 25% from a year earlier, showed data from the Xinjiang regional development and reform commission.
China's top coal producing provinces Shanxi and Inner Mongolia vowed to continue boosting coal production to provide ample energy supply to cope with the comeback of cold waves. Shanxi En
Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in 2022 hit the lowest since 1993 at 50.35 million tonnes, as rail supply was heavily curbed from mines to port amid a lack of trains
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource (ESDM) would re-evaluate the formula of forming the current reference coal price, or HBA, which market participants argued the price was not in line
Germany's hard coal imports reached 2.69 million tonnes in November, down 5.54% year on year, preliminary data from German Statistics Bureau showed. The imports also declin
India, the world's second-largest steel producer, has several initiatives underway to increase domestic raw coking coal production to 140 million tonnes by 2030, more than doubling the production of 5
Infographic | China coal imports in Dec 2022
China Energy Investment Corporation (CHN Energy) had completed 13.60 million tonnes of commercial coal supply during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday (January 21-27), rising 16% compared with the
Daqin railway, China's key coal-dedicated artery from mines to ports in the north, saw its shipments exceed 30 million tonnes in the month to January 26, a 5.5% rise from the same period last year, ac
China's total coal imports in 2022 posted a marked reduction of 9.2% compared with 2021 to 293 million tonnes, the lowest in recent four years, showed data from General Administration of Customs.
Several Indonesian miners noted still favorable buying interest from China, even as the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday is arriving this weekend. An Indonesian miner reported there were qu
Lackluster performance of power and cement sectors, two major users of thermal coal, could be main reasons behind China's lower-than-expected thermal coal market. In 2022, t
Coal inventories at China's major transshipment port of Qinhuangdao moved downward last week, mainly as the outflows increased to meet sustained pre-holiday restocking and growing heating demand, Sxco
China's portside thermal coal market continued to be stagnant on January 19 with traders winding down toward the Chinese New Year, leaving prices little changed. Only a handful of offers
China's raw coal production hit a new record high of 403 million tonnes in December 2022, surpassing the previous record of 396 million tonnes set in March last year, reflecting limited impact from th
China's absence for the Lunar New Year holiday left trade stranded in the Indonesian thermal coal market, leading to little change in prices and a potential downside. A number of Chinese
China's coking coal market saw more failed online auctions on January 18 as demand continued to retreat approaching the Lunar New Year. On January 18, one online auction for 10,000 tonnes
At least two Chinese utilities were heard have issued tenders for seaborne imported thermal coal to take advantages of strengthened currency and softened shipping rates. Yet, Indonesian coal market wa
Coking coal production continued to decline in China's major production areas, as more firms suspended mining activity for holiday breaks. Yet raw coal inventories extended the rise into the second we