In the week ended April 1, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 3 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes an increase of 26.4 percent ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Buying interest for imported cargoes of thermal coal was restricted to South African higher calorific coal in the Chinese spot market Thursday, market sources said. Seaborne-traded thermal coal with a calorific value of 5,500 kcal/kg on a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Thermal Coal, Coal
Chinese buying interest was mostly concentrated on cargoes of lower calorific value thermal coal from Indonesia Wednesday, as traders expressed fears that another decline in domestic thermal coal prices was not far away and could have a ...
Tags: Asia Thermal Coal, CV Coal, Chemicals
Competitively-priced cargoes of Indonesian thermal coal added to the downward pressure on Chinese spot prices Wednesday, with a Panamax spot cargo of Kalimantan 5,500 kcal/kg NAR coal heard placed into south China at $83/mt CFR basis, ...
Tags: Coal, thermal coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Two of theatre consultancy Charcoalblue's major projects, The New Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and The Newcastle Theatre Royal, have won recognition from the prestigious Civic Trust Awards, which were held at City Hall in Cardiff and ...
Chinese buyers were bargain-hunting in the seaborne market against a backdrop of generally bearish demand and were heard Friday to have snapped up two Capesize spot cargoes of 5,500 kcal/kg NAR coal for $83.50-84.75/mt CFR south China, with ...
Tags: Chemicals, CFR Cargoes Trade, Chinese Market
Traded volumes of OTC and exchange-cleared European-delivered thermal coal derivatives jumped to a three-month high of 132.47 million mt in February, according to London Energy Brokers' Association data Tuesday. API2 (CIF ARA) traded ...
Tags: thermal coal swaps, coal swaps volumes, coal swaps, coal
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that small apparel manufacturing units, owned by families of Chinese and Taiwanese descent in Newcastle, in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, are exempt from National ...
Tags: Apparel, South African, policy
Opinion – Greg Cameron Tony Abbott’s coalition opposition could be playing a decisive role in the future of freight transportation in New South Wales. Does the coalition agree with taking freight off Sydney’s ...
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FOB prices for Australian 5,500 kcal/kg and 6,000 kcal/kg net-as-received spot cargoes came under intense pressure Thursday from a firmer freight market, lower Asian physical demand and weaker prices for domestic coal in China, market ...
Tags: spot cargo, Thermal Coal, Asia
Chinese buyers remained on the sidelines as they continued to scout for thermal coal cargoes at cheaper prices with no rush to conclude deals amid huge stockpiles at ports and power companies, sources said. Despite the lack of demand, ...
Tags: ASIA THERMAL COAL, Bargains, Imported Coal
Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 7.9 million mt in February this year, falling by 21.7 percent compared to January, according to the ...
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) held its Annual National Bargaining Conference from 28th February to 3rd March 2013, in Cape Town. The Conference was attended by 200 delegates ...
Tags: SACTW Conference, Worker Living Wage, Clothing, Textile
In the week ended March 4, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.6 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes an increase of 20.8 percent ...
Tags: Coal exports, Coal, coal producing
Photo courtesy of Sydney Ports Corporation. Opinion – Greg Cameron This week, the Prime Minister offered the NSW Premier $1 billion towards a road project for reducing traffic congestion caused by trucks accessing Port Botany ...
Tags: NSW, traffic congestion, rail access