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The Chinese government may add more conditions to the earlier proposed ban on low-quality imports during the upcoming amendment, market sources have indicated. McCloskey China Coal Report looks at the new conditions and their implications.

China’s recent decision to ban the import of low calorific value coal could be potentially devastating for Indonesia’s coal industry but will it result in higher prices for Australian products? Energy Publishing’s John O’Neil has more.

All eyes this week and over the next few weeks will be on a report to be submitted to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on a ‘compensatory tariff’ for Adani Power and Tata Power. Indian Coal Report has the details.

South Africa’s mining industry is due to kick off annual wage negotiations and amid more on-mine protest, there are fears of protracted strikes. Certainly, the worry is wage talks will not be easy to resolve. South African Coal Report has more.

Japanese trading giant Mitsubishi joined with steelmakers Nippon Steel and Korea’s Posco as signatories to an open letter to the NSW Premier and his cabinet expressing concern over the Land Court’s recent Mount Thorley Warkworth decision.

Chinese officials have proposed to ban low quality coal imports, in a move which could upend more than 60mt of seaborne trade. McCloskey Coal Report has the details.

Indicative of the importance of coal export volumes and prices for the government’s Budget bottom line, forecasts of future movements in the coal trade have been included in the Budget papers for the first time. Australian Coal Report has more.

South African Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has raised the prospect of building another coal-fired power station in the country as the planned nuclear program was more than two years delayed. South African Coal Report has more.

Indian companies enjoy an edge over foreign players in public private partnership (PPP) model of coal mining, a company executive at LancoInfratech Limited, who monitors the development, told Indian Coal Report.

China’s power groups have significantly increased coal imports so far this year, despite domestic demand remaining weak for months. McCloskey’s China Coal Report has more.