Queensland Coal Throughput Tumbles in October

Coal

Combined coal throughput from the four main Queensland terminals of Abbot Point, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Gladstone and Hay Point dropped 2.0 Mt year-on-year to 15.5 Mt in October, the lowest since February 2019, port authority data reveal. Shipments continued a trend of annual falls in each month since March, bringing the volumes moved in the first ten months of 2020 down to 167.4 Mt (-14.6 Mt).