2nd Asia Coal Trade Summit

China, the world’s top steel producer, is seeking to cut down on its consumption of coking coal for steel production in sync with its ‘dual carbon’ goal of peaking emissions by 2030 and attaining carbon neutrality by 2060. In line...
Despite the slump in world crude steel production in 2022, global seaborne trade in coking coal remained strong with imports of Coking coal and PCI increasing by 8% y-o-y to around 319 million tonnes (mnt) from 295 mnt in 2021,...
Russia’s seaborne exports of coking coal and PCI coal are estimated to have increased by a sharp 48% y-o-y to 47 million tonnes (mnt) in 2022 from around 32 mnt in 2021, as per provisional data maintained with CoalMint. Although...
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Indonesia’s thermal coal exports increased by 9% y-o-y to 341.3 million tonnes (mnt) in calendar year 2022 (CY22), CoalMint data shows. Exports to India rose by 57% y-o-y. However, shipments to China and Vietnam recorded a decline in 2022. Indonesian...
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The ever-growing demand for electricity has increased the reliance on coal globally, especially in emerging economies with underdeveloped renewable energy infrastructures and pressing energy security concerns. Bangladesh is a case in point. The country has increased procurement of imported coal...