China’s imports of thermal coal in July-September grew 33% year on year with China-bound exports from Australia matching the growth rate, the Australian government’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science said Friday. China’s thermal coal imports totalled 56 million mt during the three-month period with Indonesia supplying the majority with 51% and volumes from Australia accounted for 24% of the total, the department said in its China Resources Quarterly report. The 33% year-on-year growth in Australian supply to China took the figure for the quarter to 10 million mt, the report said. The growth was mainly driven by mandated production cuts in China, while the country’s electricity generation from coal increased by 10% year on year in July-September and thermal coal’s share of the electricity mix in China increased slightly to 73%, up from 72% a year earlier, it said. Article Continues below… Platts Coal Trader International is the […]