China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Tuesday that it will not seek to lower coal output in large scale, even as it continues to rationalize supply. This is provided that prices remain in a reasonable boundary. ...
Tags: Coal Mines, Coal
China has "basically" achieved this year's steel and coal capacity reduction goals, according to a State Council statement. A statement released after a State Council executive meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang spoke highly of ...
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The recent coal price surge in China was irrational and unsustainable, an official said Monday, predicting that prices will retreat as supplies increase. There is no basis for further rises in coal prices, as supplies, freight volume and ...
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China will hopefully achieve its annual steel and coal capacity reduction goals ahead of schedule this year, the country's top economic planner said on Tuesday, as local authorities have intensified efforts in recent months due to pressure ...
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Chinese domestic magnesium prices have surged to fresh three-year highs due to tighter supply, stronger domestic demand and rising costs this year, magnesium trade platform Northeast Asia Magnesia Material Trading Center said in a report on ...
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China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, the nation's top coal producer, has said its net profits plummeted 28.3 percent year on year to 4.74 billion yuan (734 million U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2016. Shenhua, a State-owned ...
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Tax revenue from coal production in the Australian state of Queensland is forecast to rise to A$1.93 billion ($1.4 billion) in fiscal year 2016-2017 (July-June), based on assumptions that hard coking coal prices will average $100/mt in the ...
The North American coal industry remains negatively positioned for 2016 with thermal coal facing a slow, long-term decline and metallurgical coal prices unlikely to recover within the next 12 months, a Moody's Investors Service note said ...
Poland is planning to sell its hard coal stockpiles to Ukraine in order to raise cash to inject liquidity into the country's struggling state-owned coal miners, development minister Mateusz Morawiecki, said Monday. "There is a coal ...
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China's coal consumption continued to decrease in the first ten months this year, according to the China National Coal Association (CNCA) on Tuesday. Coal consumption hit 3.23 billion tonnes during the January-October period, down 4.7 ...
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Chinese demand for seaborne-traded thermal coal will fall sharply from 2016, dragging prices down in its wake, analysts at Goldman Sachs said this week. In a report entitled The Tiger and the Dragon, the bank's analysts downgraded their ...
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China's declining use of coal may be felt from Australia to the United States, especially the US state of Wyoming where coal is major part of the economy. Last week Premier Li Keqiang said China wanted to reduce its energy intensity ...
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Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
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It is the least spoken when it comes to Coal in the controversy. Investors see the relatively strong performance of coal stocks that recently appeared. The main stock exchange traded fund (ETF) has risen more than 13% since March 11. We ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal sales for the fourth quarter of the current year. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price ...
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