Coal Stocks at China's Bohai Sea Ports Totaled 16.359m Mt, Down 654,000 Mt Week on Week

Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 16.359 million mt Sunday, down 654,000 mt or 3.8% week on week, Qinhuangdao Port said Tuesday.

Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao Port fell 11.2% week on week to 5.24 million mt, at Jingtang Port fell 6.8% to 3.98 million mt and at Caofeidian Port fell 4.2% week on week to 4.31 million mt. Stocks at Tianjin Port rose 20.9% week on week 2.83 million mt.

Meanwhile, coal stocks at southern China's Fangcheng Port, a key facility for imports of Australian and South African thermal coal, stood at 5.13 million mt Sunday, up from 4.9 million mt a week earlier, according to a port source. The rise was due to an increase in coal imports, the source added.