Apr 23, 2020· He says coal demand this year is down between 35 and 40% from last year, "and last year wasn't a great year." Coal has been struggling for many years. Now there's a drop in demand because of the ...
Apr 16, 2020· Seaborne coal prices have started responding to the weakening outlook for Asian demand, with futures on Australia's Newcastle thermal coal ending at $62.25 a tonne on Wednesday, down 13.8% from ...
2 days ago· Thermal coal prices have been dented by Chinese restrictions on imports and low gas prices, which have enabled Asian power utilities to generate with cheap gas rather than coal.
There is an increasing disconnect between the price of thermal coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia, with the dirtier fuel holding its value while LNG is dragged down by the collapse in...
Australian thermal coal prices are the highest since before the global financial crisis as Asian demand grows, serving up record profits, dividends and more growth plans for Whitehaven Coal, and ...
A collapse in demand from India – which took 57.7pc of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal's (RBCT) 72.2mn t exports in 2019 – is the key driver behind the low prices. The low RB prices will squeeze producers' margins, with one mining firm saying current prices are not sustainable and that mines will be .
Apr 30, 2020· -Downside risk for coking coal prices remains elevated . By Eva Brocklehurst. While oil was in the hot seat in March-April, coal is now in focus, reeling from a slump in demand as prices fall to multi-year lows. Benchmark hard coking coal prices have dropped -20% to US$115/t in the June quarter to date, the lowest level since mid 2016.
Seaborne coal prices have started responding to the weakening outlook for Asian demand, with futures on Australia's Newcastle thermal coal ending at $62.25 a tonne on Wednesday, down 13.8% from ...
Apr 27, 2020· In theory this should encourage more coal-to-LNG switching in countries that can do this, such as Japan and South Korea. It should also hurt the longer-term outlook for thermal coal, which is increasingly struggling on a cost basis against LNG and renewables, and that doesn't include the cost of coal's higher carbon emissions.
Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level since November 2012, thanks to tight supply in key Asian export regions.
Of thermal coal produced in Australia, which serves as a benchmark of thermal coal prices in Asia, high-grade coal with a calorific value of 6,000 kilocalories per kilogram is currently traded at...
Oct 20, 2019· The global collapse in coal prices this year has dealt a particularly heavy blow to miners in Indonesia, the top exporter and one of the largest producers of the fuel. Bonds from the country's...
Apr 02, 2020· Turning to coal, and Japan imported 7.5 million tonnes of thermal coal in March, down slightly from 7.74 million in February and 7.58 million in March last year, according to the Refinitiv data ...
2 days ago· Asia's benchmark thermal coal price at Australia's Newcastle Port for month-ahead delivery, currently around $49 a tonne, should rise in line with higher Chinese power demand and economic activity. The global coal supply deficit should ease to 535 million tonnes this year from 587 million tonnes last year, Fitch Solutions said.
Dec 27, 2019· In major Asian markets, where Australia sells its coal, the analysis found generation in China increased 0.5% but dipped in India due to a much smaller increase in demand .
In terms of demand for thermal coal, 2019 has turned out very differently for the Atlantic and India/Pacific markets. ... What's more, US high sulphur coal's prospects in the Asian market have been hit recently by the collapse in petcoke prices to around $30/t (based on 7500 kcal/kg NAR), which has made the product far more competitive than ...
Feb 10, 2020· LAUNCESTON, Australia, Feb 10- The collapse in the spot price of liquefied natural gas in Asia is a short-term phenomenon that may well end up having a longer-term impact, especially on thermal coal.
Seaborne coal prices have started responding to the weakening outlook for Asian demand, with futures on Australia's Newcastle thermal coal ending at $62.25 a tonne on Wednesday, down 13.8 per cent from their peak so far this year of $72.25 on Jan. 13.
Oct 31, 2019· Booming Asian coal demand to drive exports from North America's West Coast. Coal demand is declining in the US and Europe, but coal remains the world's most dominant fuel for power generation. Despite what you may read, the global market for thermal coal continues to gain steam, particularly as Asia builds new coal-fired power plants to ...
Asian polyester fiber chain prices continued to collapse Friday, as the markets stayed depressed due to a selloff across the products, triggered by a sharp downturn in paraxylene prices, market sources said.
May 07, 2020· Prices for top quality NSW thermal coal have fallen 27 per cent since the coronavirus started affecting demand in February while prices for top quality Queensland coking coal have slumped 30 per...
Seaborne coal prices have started responding to the weakening outlook for Asian demand, with futures on Australia's Newcastle thermal coal ending at $62.25 a tonne on Wednesday, down 13.8% from their peak so far this year of $72.25 on Jan. 13.
Global thermal coal demand increased sharply from the early 2000s, mainly due to rapid growth in the Chinese economy over that period. China is the largest global consumer of thermal coal, consuming around 3,200 Mt in 2018, a little over half of the global total, and around triple what it .
2 days ago· Asia's benchmark thermal coal price at Australia's Newcastle Port for month-ahead delivery, currently around $49 a tonne, should rise in line with higher Chinese power demand and economic activity.