Energy Publishing Asia Pacific

Over the last few months, the Indian coal sector has been buffeted by a series of coal scandals and wrapped in a sense of policy paralysis. Indian Coal Report’s Bishal Thapa looks at possible solutions.

Coal producers in Asia and the US confirm that Chinese interest in metallurgical coal has picked up strongly in the last few weeks. Marian Hookham from Energy Publishing Asia Pacific looks at the reasons why.

Coal traders are reporting a stronger than expected bounce in thermal coal imports into India on the back of higher purchases from several industries. Indian Coal Report looks at where the demand is coming from.

Traditional swing supplier, the US exported 22.8Mt of thermal coal from East Coast ports, up an amazing 166% year to date, adding to insecurity for Asian coal producers going into 2013. Energy Publishing’s Marian Hookham looks at the implications.

South African business association, the Free Market Foundation, has put the boot into an application by Eskom to increase electricity tariffs an average 16% over 5 years dated from 2013. South African Coal Report’s David McKay assesses the debate.

The Indonesian government’s Director General of Coal, Thamrin Sihite says the country’s annual coal production will reach 370Mt in 2013, driven by improved Chinese demand. Energy Publishing’s Lloyd Griffin weighs up the arguments.

India returned to work after the festive Diwali season to discover that their coal crisis was just as tangled and messy as they had left it before the holidays. Indian Coal Report’s Bishal Thapa tries to untangle the mess.

A lack of available capital flow into China’s steel sector appears to have driven a sell-off in steel inventories held by some Chinese steel traders. China Coal Report investigates.

Given the current volatility in thermal coal pricing, Australian coal producers are wary of selling spot coal much further out than three months into the future. Energy Publishing’s Marian Hookham analyses the current market conditions.

According to Christian Lelong, Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, 2012 marks another important inflection point for the world’s coal markets. Energy Publishing’s Marian Hookham reports on what this means for thermal coal prices.