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The ongoing stalemate between coke producers and steelmakers over the first round of coke price hike has started to add bearishness to the coking coal market.
Coke firms continued t
The thermal coal market at China's main production hubs started the week with emerging weakness, as reflected by reduced trucks for coal loading and miners' move to cut prices.
Demand rem
China's portside thermal coal market started the week with prices almost unchanged from late last week amid a lack of clarity about the near-term outlook.
Demand remained soft, but there
Thermal coal prices edged lower at China's major production areas but showed mixed trends at northern ports last week, while prices of Indonesian thermal coal sold to China generally moved higher.
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Production area Moderate price rises were heard in major production areas with more trucks coming for loading amid growing purchases from railway stations and traders. Yet a few min
Chinese metallurgical coke market was in a stalemate; the price hike proposed by coke producers received no clear-cut stand from major steelmakers that boast rational inventories. Coke traders started
Infographic | China Taiwan coal imports in Feb 2023
Coal inventories at China's major transshipment port of Qinhuangdao started to rebound last week due to a significant decline in the offtakes, ending four straight weeks of drop, Sxcoal's data showed.
China's coking coal market was largely steady but in signs of weakening last week. The safety checks were quite strict due to the mine accident and the "Two Sessions". The online auctions also weakene
Coal remained the most important energy source for electricity generation in Germany in 2022, according to preliminary results published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
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Indonesian thermal coal prices stabilized from the previous weeklong downward trend as Chinese utilities issued fresh tenders for seaborne import cargoes.
On March 8, several trades were
Mongolia's coal exports totaled 7.83 million tonnes during January-February 2023, up 6.54 million tonnes or 504.01% year on year, showed data from the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA).
Indonesia's coal exports in February jumped nearly 40% from a year earlier to a new high for the same month since 2018, Kpler's cargo-tracking data showed.
In February, Indonesia exported
Indonesian thermal coal prices increased as Chinese buyers cranked up purchases to boost inventories before a potential supply shortage in the fasting month of Ramadan that starts in late March.
The thermal coal market at China's main
production heartlands witnessed uptrend this week, after mine-mouth prices
posted two rounds of declines since the Chinese New Year holidays ended in late
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China's portside thermal coal market registered higher selling prices but sluggish trading activity, underscoring the perception that sentiment was the main driver to recent rebound rather than change
Russia's seaborne coal exports totaled 11.83 million tonnes in February 2023, retreating 8.42% from the preceding month and marking the fourth straight month of decline, according to Kpler's cargo-tra
Russia plans to export coal mined from the deep in the heart of Siberia via the Yenisei River and Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) to the demand-growing Asia market, with the initial shipment expecte
China's portside thermal coal prices picked up again on March 7 propelled by growing inquiries and increased trading activity, although many traders viewed the upward trend less sustainable.
Spot thermal coal prices continued to move higher at northern China ports, with participants citing bullish sentiment as the main driver, while the downstream began to adopt a wait-and-see mode again
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