Insight
China to restart coal imports from Australia?
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Report summary
There have been rumours since 2022 indicating that Australian coal will return to China sometime in early 2023. Several state-owned companies were said to be granted the right to resume the business. We interviewed our contacts in the market to gather their opinions. As a result, we think that even if the rumours do materialise soon, the lifting of the ban on Australian coal will not be a game changer for the coal market in the short term.
Table of contents
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China’s thermal coal import by country, MtChina’s coking coal import by country, Mt
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