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China Import Demand For Iron Ore And Coal Affect Australian Iron Ore And Coal Export
China’s preliminary November trade data are painting a supportive picture for Australian iron ore and coal exports. Iron ore import flows are back to the long-term growth trend, while China’s coal exports were down 30% month on month and are down 47% year on year, with export tonnage being diverted into China’s strengthening domestic market.
Coking Coal Export To China Increased, Coking Coal Prices $160-170 Per Tonne
Driven by surge in imports of coking coal by China, growth in Japanese steel output and signs of recovery in the Indian economy, spot prices of the raw material are expected to firm up in the international market.
Mining Company, Xstrata To Accept a Cut in Prices Coal Mine Contract in Japanese Utilities
Xstrata Plc, the world’s biggest exporter of power-station coal, has been forced to accept a cut in prices for annual calendar-year contracts for the fuel with Japanese utilities, Citigroup Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. said.
Coal Surge Seen by Mobius as China’s Imports Increase (Update2)
Coal is poised to rebound from a two-year slump as China buys more than it exports for the first time in history.
Power use in China, the world’s biggest coal producer, is rising 13 percent annually, and utilities are building plants at a record pace. The nation gets 78 percent of its electricity from coal, spurring [...]
Xstrata, Japan agree steady Australia coal price
Coal miner Xstrata Plc has agreed with major Japanese utilities to keep its Australian thermal coal prices steady this year at about $52,50 a tonne, setting a likely industry benchmark after drawn-out talks.
The price for supplies in the Japanese fiscal year to March 2007, coming more than three months after it was meant to have [...]
