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Global thermal coal markets: 2019 in review
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
2019 was a year of extreme ups and downs in the global thermal coal market. As we get close to the New Year, here is a look back at some of the top themes. - Record for seaborne exports in 2019 - 2018 record for global coal consumption - Protectionist efforts weigh on the global economy - China’s tight supply to oversupply and end of year controls on imports - India's slowing economy and prolonged monsoon hindered coal market - Pricing spread narrows between high and low rank coal - Global flood of LNG - North Asia fuel switching, nuclear, and winter curtailments - Colombia, Russia and South Africa increases into the Pacific - Vietnam imports doubling on surging power demand - Australian bushfires create production risks
Table of contents
- Record for seaborne exports in 2019 - 2018 record for global coal consumption
- Protectionist efforts weigh on the global economy
- China’s tight supply to oversupply and end of year controls on imports
- India's slowing economy and prolonged monsoon hindered coal market
- Pricing spread narrows between high and low rank coal
- Global flood of LNG
- North Asia fuel switching, nuclear, and winter curtailments
- Colombia, Russia and South Africa increasing into the Pacific
- Vietnam imports doubling on surging power demand
- Australian bushfires create production risks
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- QHD 5500 price in 2019
- Indonesian thermal coal exports and Indonesian prices compared to Newcastle price
- Traditional Atlantic supplier seaborne thermal export growth in the Pacific
- Pacific basin growth from traditional Atlantic (net change YOY)
What's included
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