Over the next five years, the global coal industry is expected to witness a fundamental structural change to the seaborne market: a move away from Chinese led demand growth. Clifford Smee, Timetric, details trends in coal to 2020.
Bill Gommers, Viper WRL Pty Ltd, Australia, details ways the company has provided lubrication assistance to a major coal export facility in Queensland.
The Chinese coke sector is increasingly using lower-quality metallurgical coal to reduce costs – but this is having a knock-on impact on coke quality that is concerning some buyers on the international market.
Founded in 2013, Pembroke Resources is focused on the acquisition and development of metallurgical coal assets in the Asia Pacific region. Its CEO and Managing Director, Barry Tudor, recently spoke to World Coal, about the company and its vision.
Bill Gommers, Viper WRL Pty Ltd, Australia, details ways the company has provided lubrication assistance to the main mine site for Glencore’s Tahmoor coal mine.
Deloitte has been tracking the trends in the global mining sector for the past eight years. Reuben Saayman takes us through this year’s top challenges facing coal miners.
Does New Hope’s purchase of a 40% stake in the Bengalla coal mine in Australia make sense in the long term?
Chinese metallurgical coal producer, Longmay Group, announced a workforce reduction of 100 000 in September. CRU analyses its impact.
Russell Taylor provides an insight into Australia’s coal industry and what the future may hold for the country.
Colombia and its coal industry is facing financial headwinds on the back of falling commodity prices.
The sharp fall in China’s PCI import demand this year has seen seaborne prices for PCE soften significantly. However, as Chinese domestic supply tightens, prices will strengthen.
Phil Hewitt, Director of UK energy industry analysts, EnAppSys, provides insight into the government’s decision to phase-out coal-fired power plants by 2025.
Slowing economic growth and demand for energy and tightening environmental restrictions are cutting China’s appetite for coal. But it is still likely to remain the dominant fuel for years to come.
The UK is facing a electricity shortage next winter as the government’s carbon tax forces coal-fired power plants to close early.
Despite increases in metallurgical coal production at the majors, cuts in high-cost production elsewhere could soon balance the market. Meanwhile, thermal coal is showing signs of life in Asia, although doom-and-gloom still clouds the North American market.