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China Coal Energy Co., Ltd, the listed arm of China National Coal Group, reported its polyolefin output was up 0.8% YoY and flat MoM at 132 Kt in Mar 2024, while polyolefin sales increased 7.1% YoY and 53.1% MoM to 150 Kt, according to figures released by the company on Apr 16.
Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland increased 6.05% YoY and 27.90% MoM to 42.85 Mt in Mar, according to the Pilbara Ports Authority. The shipments to China accounted for 86% of the port's total iron ore exports in the month.
Rio Tinto's iron ore production was registered at 68.70 Mt in Q1 2024, falling 2% YoY and 10% QoQ. Shipments stood at 68.76 Mt, down 4% YoY and 9% QoQ.
China's GDP increased 5.3% YoY in Q1, beating expectations and the actual rise of 5.2% for the full year of 2023, jointly driven by the rebound industrial activity and good performance in the service sector, the NBS data showed.
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., a listed arm of China Energy Investment Corp, saw its total polyolefin sales picked up 0.17% YoY and rose 12.2% MoM to 60.7 Kt in Mar 2024, said the company in a report on Apr 16.
China's coal production reached 1.11 billion tonnes in Q1, down 4.1% YoY, the NBS data showed. In Mar alone, the output fell 4.2% to 399.33 Mt.
ETT, a leading Mongolian mining company, has clarified that its sales activities are running normally, according to a statement released by the company recently.
China exported 25.80 Mt of steel products in Q1 2024, rising 30.7% YoY, according to the latest data released by the GAC. Export value totaled $20.34 bln during the period, down 12.9% YoY.
S Korea imported 8.23 Mt of coal in Mar, down 25.74% YoY and 22.09% MoM, customs data showed. The import value reached $1.34 bln in the month, down 40.53% YoY and 12.97% MoM.
China imported 1.75 Mt of steel products over Jan-Mar 2024, falling 8.6% YoY, while the import of iron ore and concentrates reached 100 Mt, up 5.5% YoY, showed data from the GAC.
Inventory of five major steel products in China's 21 cities decreased 4.8% from late Mar to 13.08 Mt in early Apr (Apr 1-10), which was 7.4% higher than the year-ago level, according to data from the CISA.
China imported 41.38 Mt of coal in Mar, up 0.52% YoY and 22.60% MoM, showed data from the General Administration of Customs on April 12.
Canada produced 3.32 Mt of coal in Jan, down 22.9% YoY and 21.4% MoM, showed data from Statistics Canada.
Coal shipments from Australia's Gladstone port increased 14.7% YoY and 11.1% MoM to 5.60 Mt in Mar 2024, showed data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation.
Erenhot border port in N China's Inner Mongolia, the largest land port between China and Mongolia, has begun 24-hour operation of customs clearance of freight transport from Apr 1, 2024, which will last for six months, state media reported. The port handles over 70% of the daily necessities transported via trucks between these two countries.
Indonesian thermal coal prices increased on the heels of an uptick in the Chinese domestic market, but the overall trading activity remained limited as increased shipping rates and lower Chinese yuan'
South Korea's coal imports for March further decreased at an accelerated rate, reaching the lowest since October 2022, customs data showed.The country imported 8.23 million tonnes of coal in March, do
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Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland increased 6.05% from a year earlier to 42.85 million tonnes in March, according to the Pilbara Ports Authority.It was 27.90% higher than the pre
Rio Tinto achieved stable performance in the first quarter of 2024, and its full-year production guidance was unchanged, according to the company's latest quarterly report.Rio Tinto's iron ore product
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