Coal - 22 July 2015

Vietnamese coal mining company, Vinacomin, sold 18 million t of coal in the first six months of the year, 2.8% lower than in 2014.

Following the suspension of Panian mine operations due to a fatal accident at the mine, Semirara Mining and Power Corp. halts coal exports.

China’s largest coal miner saw its coal sales drop by almost a quarter in the first half of this year as the country’s coal demand dropped.

Swedish utility, Vattenfall, has written down its European coal business by SEK19 billion (US$2.2 billion) on low prices and higher business risks.