Singapore — The loading of coal cargoes onto vessels in the Kalimantan archipelago could experience slight delays in the near-term amid lingering concerns over the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19, sources said Friday. A south China-based trader told S&P Global Platts that workers...

CIL's 2019-20 coal output is forecast at around 610mn t against a targeted 660mn t, a senior company executive told Argus after the release of the company's latest quarterly financial results yesterday. Despite the looming miss for 2019-20, CIL will aim for output of 710mn t in...

Houston — US coal production is forecast to be about 596 million st in 2020, down 13.7% from the estimated 2019 output of 690 million st, data from the Energy Information Administration's Short-Term Energy Outlook showed Tuesday. The EIA projects output of about 587 million st for...

NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - India’s coal imports in November rose 8.6% from a year earlier to 21.83 million tonnes, government data showed, following three straight months of decline. Imports of thermal coal - used mainly for electricity generation - rose 12.3% from a year ago to 17.65...

China’s domestic coal mines are struggling to ramp up production in the face of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. That’s a situation that may seem positive for seaborne exporters, but in reality it may be challenging for miners to take advantage. While there may be increased demand...

China imported 74.6mn t of coking coal last year, up by 15.3pc from 64.7mn t in 2018, according to Chinese customs data. But imports in December stood at an all-time low of 1.7mn t, down by 72.43pc from November, and down by 45.7pc from December 2018. Total Chinese imports from Australia stood...

Indonesia’s government set its coal benchmark price (HBA) for February at $66.89 per tonne, Agung Pribadi, a spokesman at Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry told reporters on Tuesday It is a slight increase from $65.93 per tonne in January COAL-HBA-ID “The price increase for...

India’s coal import increased by 7.6 per cent to 185.88 million tonnes (MT) in the April-December period of the current fiscal. Coal imports in December rose by 13.3 per cent to 20.52 MT compared to 18.10 MT in the year-ago month, according to provisional data by mjunction...

Two of China's closest trading partners Mongolia and Russia plan to restrict border crossings to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus outbreak, which is expected to halt coking coal exports to China. Border authorities in Mongolia have enforced temporary movement restrictions at its...

The seaborne thermal coal market entered the year challenged by low priced LNG in the Atlantic and rapidly increasing supply in the Pacific. Economic indicators are weak globally and a warm winter in the northern hemisphere threatens Q1 demand. Will the market turn the corner later in the...