Daqin line to start overhaul on Mar 26

Mar 4, 2011

Daqin, China’s leading coal dedicated rail line, will launch a new round of maintenance lasting for one month starting from Mar 26, sources learnt from Taiyuan Railway Bureau.

During the overhaul, with 3-4 hours per day, coal transported via Daqin railway would decrease about 200,000 tonnes, 120,000 tonnes of which would be destined to loading ports, according to the bureau.

Daqin railway turns out to be one of the main northern channels transporting coal from Shanxi, Shaanxi and western Inner Mongolia to eastern area.

In 2011, Daqin targets to transport 450 million tonnes of coal, an increase of 45 million tonnes from a year ago. |en.sxcoal |

China coal contract price likely to rise by RMB30/t on delivery

March 1, 2011 | Xinhua

China's coal price is expected to keep rising in 2011 and the actual delivery price of contracted coal for 2011 is likely to rise by 30 yuan/tonne due to less pressure from energy conservation and emission reduction measures and international coal price hike, said China Energy Research Society (CERS) in a report made public recently.

The temporary ease of energy conservation and emission reduction pressure is expected to more or less boost the country's coal demand.

Meanwhile, the government control in contracted coal price for 2011 seems not work out as expected especially when China's coal price is highly market-oriented. Even if coal price is under control, the quality of supplied coal could hardly be guaranteed.

Besides, the international coal price is maintaining a strong momentum of rising on recovering international economy and energy demand, especially robust demand in Asian emerging markets.

China's domestic coal price is expected to follow the international coal price hike in the second half of 2011, said CERS in the report.

CERS noted that the surge in delivery price for contracted coal may further expand losses of thermal power enterprises in 2011.