China ports see coal stock at 24Mt by end-2010

Jan 26, 2011

Coal stockpiles at China’s main loading ports amounted to 23.73 million tonnes at the end of Dec 2010, surging 65.3% year on year and rising 6.2% month on month, disclosed the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Jan 24, Yicai Daily reported.
Meanwhile, China’s railways transported a total of 1.4 billion tonnes power coal in 2010, jumping 23.1% on year, the NDRC said.
Earlier, the Ministry of Railways said that coal haulage via railways reached nearly 2 billion tonnes in 2010, up 14.2% year on year.

Statistics from the Ministry of Communication showed China’s major ports shipped a total of 556 million tonnes coal in 2010, rising 21.6% from that in 2009. Of this total, 538 million tonnes was for domestic trades, up 24.1% from a previous year, and 18.1 million tonnes for foreign trade, falling 25.2% year on year.
(sourced:en.sxcoal.com)