Links to previous press releases are below.
US Coal Exports Breakdown in 2018
US coal exports (excluding cargoes to Canada) in 2018 totalled 99.6 Mt, up 16.5 Mt year-on-year, according to the latest data from the International Mining Association. Of the 51.6 Mt of coking coal...
Read MoreSouth African Coal Exports Fall in January
South African coal exports (incl. anthracite) in January slipped 1.5 Mt year-on-year to an 18-month low of 5.1 Mt, according to the latest data from IHS.
Strike Cuts Output at Sines Refiner
A one-month long labour union strike launched on March 1 at Portugal’s 220K b/d Sines refinery operated by Galp, has cut output at the facility by 25-30% and has also affected export volumes, Reuters...
Read MoreWeekly US Petroleum Statistics
US crude oil exports during the week ending 1 March dropped 556K b/d w-o-w to 2.80M b/d, but were still 1.31M b/d higher y-o-y, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed. Exports averaged...
Read MoreQueensland Coal Shipments in February
Coal exports from the four leading coal terminals in Queensland of Gladstone, Dalrymple Bay, Hay Point and Abbot Point fell 1.2 Mt year-on-year in February to a combined 14.8 Mt, port authority data show. Exports from Hay Point slid 1.7 Mt year-on-year to a 22-month low of 3.0 Mt.
OECD Sees Global Growth Slowing
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has revised its global economic forecasts for 2019 and 2020 to 3.3% and 3.4%, down on the previous forecasts in November by 0.2 and...
Read MoreChina’s National People’s Congress
The annual meeting of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) brought an announcement that China’s GDP growth target has been reduced to “6.0%-6.5%” for 2019, down from 6.6% actual growth in 2018....
Read MoreChinese Daily Steel Production in Mid-February
Daily crude steel output in 11-20 February at China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) member mills rose by 8.2% year-on-year to the highest level since mid-November 2018 at 1.95 Mt, according to data from the industry association reported by Umetal.