China coal short-term outlook April 2022
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Table of contents
- Weak demand as Covid lockdowns drove the market
- Lingering pandemic disrupting the restocking of coal and supporting the price
- Weather and Covid curtail power coal demand
- Steel production resumes but is questionable
- China reported 12.77 Mt of daily output in March
Tables and charts
This report includes 10 images and tables including:
- Key thermal coal prices: history and forecast (US$/t)
- Hard coking coal price arbitrage at Tangshan steel mill (US$/t nominal)
- Monthly coal-fired power generation (TWh)
- Monthly hydro-power generation (TWh)
- Monthly throughput at Qinhuangdao port (Mt)
- Monthly throughput at Huanghua port (Mt)
- Monthly hot metal production (Mt)
- Monthly metallurgical coke production (Mt)
- Thermal coal supply (Mt)
- Metallurgical coal supply (Mt)
What's included
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