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NW China's Ningxia autonomous region produced 23.54 Mt of coal from in Q1, up 5.2% YoY, local economic planner said. In Q1, Ningxia's raw coal sales reached 13.29 Mt, down 31% YoY. As of end-March, stockpiles at coal mines across the region were at 3 Mt and enough for 20 days of turnover.
Russia's coal production totaled 35.24 Mt in Feb, up 0.84% MoM, showed data from the Russian Federal Statistical Service. The production in February came 2.35% lower than the year-ago level.
Yancoal Australia's attributable raw coal production reached 8.30 Mt in Jan-Mar, down 17% YoY and 8% QoQ, showed the company's quarterly financial report.
Yancoal Australia announced, on 100% basis, its raw coal production was 11.2 Mt in Q1, salable coal production 7.7 Mt; attributable salable coal production 5.9 Mt and attributable coal sales 5.9 Mt. In Q1, the company realized an average actual price of A$347/t, 35% higher than that in Q1, 2022.
In Q1 2023, Yankuang Energy produced 22.53 Mt of commercial coal, a decrease of 10.41% YoY, while sales reached 24.53 Mt, down 2.91% YoY, with self-produced coal sales at 20.24 Mt, down 12.03% YoY.
Rio Tinto's Q1 production report showed that Pilbara business' iron ore output was 79.3 million tonnes, down 11% from the previous quarter but up 11% YoY, while iron ore shipments were 82.5 million tonnes, down 6% from the previous quarter but up 16% YoY.
Russian railways transported 47.6 million tonnes of export coal to ports in Q1, up 12.7% YoY, with 15.6 million tonnes shipped to northwestern ports, up 50% YoY, and 24.4 million tons shipped to Far Eastern ports, up 4.8% YoY.
Coke output of the 124 member firms of the China Coking Industry Association was registered at 18.07 Mt in Feb, climbing 6.27% from the year-ago level, CCIA data showed.
Global iron ore miner Vale reported its Q1 output reached 66.8 Mt, up 5.8% YoY yet down 17.4% QoQ.
The capacity utilization rate of China's coal mining and washing industry was 73.8% in Q1, down 1.1 pps YoY, and a 1.6 pps QoQ, hittng a new low since Q2 2021, NBS data showed.
China's crude steel production was registered at 260 Mt in Q1, rising 6.1% YoY. Output in Mar stood at 95.75 Mt, up 6.9% YoY, with daily output at 3.09 Mt, NBS data showed.
China produced 120 Mt of coke in Q1, rising 3.8% YoY. Mar production came in at 41.78 Mt, up 3.1% YoY. Daily production was calculated at 1.35 Mt in Mar, NBS data showed.
China's industrial sectors registered a 4.4% YoY growth in power consumption to 1,360.2 TWh in Q1 2023, which accounted for 64.2% of China's total power use, with the manufacturing sector taking 47.7% of China's total by using 1,011.3 TWh of electricity, up 3.6% year on year, showed data from the China Electricity Council.
China churned out 417.22 Mt of raw coal in Mar 2023, rising 4.3% YoY. The growth slowed down by 1.5 pps compared with increase in the first two months. The daily raw coal output stood at 13.46 Mt in Mar, up by 1.02 Mt compared with 12.44 Mt over Jan-Feb, NBS data showed.
Coal exports from the three major North Queensland terminals were 11.29 Mt in Mar, up 7.55% YoY and 17.99% MoM. The ports exported a total 30.63 Mt in Jan-Mar, up 1.38% YoY, showed data from North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation.
China's portside thermal coal prices edged down on April 21 as downstream buyers slowed procurement, bringing the market to a standstill again. On April 21, benchmark 5,500 Kcal/kg NAR th
Australian coal exports to India are expected to increase in 2023 as a bilateral free trade agreement takes effect, Bob Huang, business development manager of Adani Global Pte. Ltd., said during an in
Sustained prudence from coke firms and traders have led to buildup of coking coal inventories at major production areas to a comparatively high level, weakening miners' pricing power and putting downs
China's thermal coal miners became more optimistic about the market and hoped coal prices to stabilize in the near term, as unusual snowfalls hit most parts of main production areas in Shanxi and Inne
China's coal pricing policy currently does not fully accommodate the wide cost differences among coal mines in major producing provinces. The government-set price ranges are either too na
The National Energy Administration has called on major miners and main production areas to speed up the implementation of mart-mining' technologies to benefit production safety and efficiency, accordi
China 2023 thermal coal supply expected to be loose, prices move down China's thermal coal market is expected to see loose supply-demand balance in 2023, putting downside pressure on prices,
Yancoal Australia's Jan-Mar raw coal production down 17% YoY Yancoal Australia's attributable raw coal production reached 8.30 million tonnes in January-March, down 17% year on year and 8%
Russia's coal production totaled 35.24 million tonnes in February, up 0.84% month on month, showed data from the Russian Federal Statistical Service. The production in February came 2.35%
The top five Chinese provinces – Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, and Shanxi produced 45.22 million tonnes of pig iron in March, accounting for 57.9% of the country's total, according to data relea
Global mining giant Glencore and Japanese power producer Tohoku Electricity Power have possibly entered into a long-term contract for supplies of thermal coal from Australia at around $200/t FOB, acco
India's coal imports were 148.58 million tonnes during April 2022-February 2023, the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2022-23, marking an increase of 32% from 112.38 million tonnes in the same perio
Russia's seaborne coal exports totaled 14.38 million tonnes in March 2023, climbing 21.57% from the preceding month and marking the first rebound after four straight months of decline, according to Kp
Indonesia's coal exports in March posted over 20% year-on-year and month-on-month growths, to a new high since January 2018, Kpler's cargo-tracking data showed. In March, Indonesia export
Germany's hard coal imports stood at 3.24 million tonnes in January, down 10.12% year on year, preliminary data from German Statistics Bureau showed. The imports increased
China's imports of coal, natural gas, iron ore, steel products, etc.
China's cement industry faced significant headwinds in 2022 due to the downturn in the property market and other factors. According to Anhui Conch Cement, the cement industry's total prof
Canadian diversified miner Tech Resources completed its metallurgical coal sales target for the first quarter and continued to gain profit thanks to robust selling prices. The company sol
Siberian Coal Energy Company or SUEK, Russia's largest coal supplier, foresaw a great potential in energy cooperation with its Chinese partners given a strong start of exports this year and the prospe
India's power generators saw their thermal coal imports rise for the second consecutive month in February, and surpassed 3 million tonnes again, more than doubling the year-ago level. Ind
Mongolia will respect already signed coal off-take agreements, while keeping trade in the Mongolian Stock Exchange for new deals, and all coal trade for export is expected to go through the exchange s
China's proven coking coal reserves can hardly meet the demand for maintaining the country's long-term economic stability at current consumption levels said Guo Lijuan, Deputy Director of Sales and Tr
Domestic thermal coal prices moved downward at northern China transfer ports as demand remained weak after the Qingming Festival. On April 6, the benchmark 5,500 Kcal/kg NAR thermal coal
China's portside thermal coal prices were broadly unchanged as activity is typically dull at the beginning of a week, but traders cautioned the market would start move down soon. On April
Many Chinese thermal coal traders opted to directly sell their cargoes to CHN Energy, or Shenhua, at rail stations, instead of transporting and then selling at northern ports, as the cost eclipses the
China's domestic thermal coal prices posted big declines at the beginning of this week, due to a combination of weak demand and sufficient supply, curtailing the outlook for potentially strong restock
China's domestic thermal coal prices continued to move downward, struggling to find support amid abundant availability and weak demand. On April 11, prevailing offers for the most-traded
China's coking coal prices moved down as the extended buying prudence following coke price reduction forced miners to further lower prices. On April 3, the CCI Index for Shanxi low-sulfur
After falling for weeks, China's portside thermal coal market has seen increased inquires that help put an end to the downward trend, market sources said. Inquiries improved in the market
China's coking coal market has maintained a downward trend since mid-March amid growing supply but prudent buying among downstream users. The pace of decline has accelerated somewhat this week followi
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