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Analysist Mining and Industry Sector : China’s Industry Sector Reopen Coal Mine Import After Deal Coal Prices Contract
A months-long dispute between Chinese coal miners and power generators over annual prices has unexpectedly opened the door to rising imports, despite lacklustre demand and a supply glut.
China Coal Mine Trade and Demand
THE world’s busiest coal port used to be Newcastle, England and then Newcastle, Australia. Now it is Qinhuangdao, 300 kilometres east of Beijing on the Bohai Sea.
The amount of coal shipped out of the Bohai Sea each week is almost equal to the rest of the world’s seaborne coal trade. Most of those ships feed [...]
Coal Mine Trade and Market, buyers wait and sellers panic
The world’s busiest coal port used to be Newcastle, England, and then it was Newcastle, Australia. Now it’s Qinhuangdao, 300 kilometres east of Beijing on the Bohai Sea.
The amount of coal shipped each week out of the Bohai Sea is almost equal to the rest of the world’s seaborne coal trade. Most of those ships [...]
Coal Price and Mining Exploration in Asia
Record coal prices reflect the accelerating boom in Asian coal-fired power generation, which is causing a fundamental and long-term shift in international coal flows. A series of short-term supply disruptions has exacerbated this, highlighting a market with substantial supply infrastructure constraints.
ANALYSIS
Just as record coal prices for steam coal appeared to abate in January, and dry [...]
Uranium Funds Points to Near-Term U3O8 Price Decline
Nuclear Market Review [NMR] editor Treva Klingbiel reported in this week’s issue, “Two sellers that were evaluating bids in response to their auctions have concluded their evaluations and have decided not to sell at this time.” She added, “Both sellers preferred to make delivery in June while most bidders were seeking delivery for several months [...]
Asia Coal-Prices climb above $54 on bullish demand
Benchmark Australian spot thermal coal prices rose above $54 a tonne, the highest level in more than three weeks, as active Asian buying was compounded by a lack of spot coal supplies.
Thermal coal, used for power generation, rose $1.37 from a week earlier to $54.66 per tonne, the globalCOAL NEWC index showed on Monday, based [...]
Asia Coal-Prices jump $4 on high offers by Australian miners
Benchmark Australian spot thermal coal prices jumped more than $4 to a two-and-a-half year high by sellers driving up offer prices ahead of negotiations with Japanese buyers for 2007 term contracts.
Thermal coal, used for power generation, rose $4.39 to $56.75 per tonne, the globalCOAL NEWC index showed on Tuesday, based on free-on-board (FOB) prices loaded [...]
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 [...]
