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Monday, 03 April 17
WORLD COAL TRADE STABLE IN 2016: DEMAND SHIFTS TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA - ASSOCARBONI
 ASSOCARBONI: Coal confirmed as the leading fuel for electricity generation, accounting for 40% of overall production in 2016.
World coal trade stable in 2016: demand shifts to South-East Asia
According to International Energy Agency, coal will still play fundamental role (36% of energy mix) by 2021
Coal’s share in the Italian electricity mix is stable at 12%, the lowest percentage compared to the European average (26%).
On 31 March 2017, in Rome, the Italian coal association (Assocarboni) has held its annual congress “Italian electric system: proposals for a strategic planning” in conjunction with the Association’s annual meeting, where it presented sector data and global scenarios for 2016 and set the guidelines for the Rome Energy G7 taking place on April 9th and 10th.
The global scenario of coal
According to Italian coal association In 2016, coal confirmed its leadership in the generation of electricity, accounting for 40% of market share in the world, and 26% in Europe.
Compared to 2015, in 2016 seaborne world coal trade was stable after 10 years at 5% annual growth.
Steam coal decreased from the 2015’s 886 million tonnes to 2016’s 883 million tonnes: the trend shows a decrease in the coal import in Europe, caused by a strong decline in the UK but also balanced by an increase of the export towards the South-Eastern Asian markets.
Seaborne coaking coal registered a slight reduction from the the 249 million tonnes in 2015 to 246 million tonnes (-1% decrease), mainly because of a decline in imports across the European markets (34 million tonnes, -9% compared to 2015), also caused by steel’s lower price.
In perspective, coal will maintain its leadership in the electricity mix. According to the International Energy Agency’s analysis published in the Medium Term Coal Market report, coal’s share in the mix fueler for electricity production will attest itself at 36% by 2021.The demand for coal is shifting towards South-East Asia, where emerging economies are looking for an alternative source of energy.
Report by country
According to Assocarboni’s latest data, in 2016 Australia remained the world’s leading coal exporter, with a record of 393.68 million tonnes, a 1% increase compared to 2015.
With its 285.81 million tonnes, Indonesia confirms its leading position as steam coal exporter, registering a slight decrease compared to 2015 data.
Russian coal exports increased by 11% from 2015 reaching 131 million tonnes compared to 118 million tonnes in 2015, while Colombia steam coal exports registered 88.6 million tonnes compared 80.5 millions in 2015.
China’s 2016 imports grew up again compared to 2015 data, given the high demand for electricity, which is not satisfied by local production. In 2016 China imported 255 million tonnes (+25%).
India registered 203 million tonnes of imported coal, a slight reduction (-6%) compared to the 216 millions in 2015. The decrease is caused by the reduction of the steam coal imports, due to an increase of the domestic production and petcoke imports.
Coal imports grew in Vietnam (13.57 million tonnes, +91% compared to 7.08 million in 2015), Turkey (30,3 million tonnes, +9%) in comparison with the 27.78 millions of 2015), Chile (11.6 million tonnes, +13% compared to 10.2 million in 2015).
Korea registered an increase in the import of steam coal (93.7 million tonnes, +1%). Japan imported almost the same 2015’s quantities of coal (189.7 million tonnes versus 190, 6 million in 2015).
The coal market in Italy
Whilst Europe relies on coal for 26%, coal’s share in the Italian electricity mix is stable at 12%, one of the lowest percentage. Italy’s final figures for 2016 show a decline in the import of steam coal to 14 million tonnes (-12.5% compared to 2015); the imports of metallurgical coal and PCI are increasing: 3.9 million tonnes, +11% than the 3.5 millions in 2015.
Italy’s largest coal operators are at the forefront of technological innovation within the sector. Compared to the most obsolete and inefficient technologies used in the past, the modern coal power plants in Italy are environmentally-friendly, as they emit between 25 and 33% percent less CO2, and highly efficient, with an average 40% efficiency rate and peaks of 46% in Torrevaldaliga Nord, which is only reached in Japan and Denmark in the world.
Italian manufacturing companies pay the electricity 50% more than the European average, as the country depends on imported natural gas from Russia and Algeria and subsidised renewable energies, which together account for over 80% of the national electricity mix. If Italy keeps ignoring the contribution coming from the coal in the generation of competitive energy, its industrial network will be at risk especially of compared to European competitors, given the half price of the provided energy, composed by coal and nuclear.
Coal and Environment: a comparison with gas
A number of scientific studies by preeminent research centres do not justify using gases against climate change, as the findings demonstrated that, considering the entire fossil fuels lifecycle, the difference in CO2 emissions with gas is significantly reduced, and even equalise when pre- and post-combustion emissions are included, because of the various gases (e.g. H2S, N2O, etc.) not accounted for released in the atmosphere from methane deposits.
A recent study by Pöyry Management Consulting compared the level of emissions measured in thermoelectric power plants using coal with those using gas, both working in a reduced or variable regime. The findings show that gas plant emissions can be +76% higher than the coal ones.
In addition, international studies (e.g. Prof. Yumehiko Hoshijima, Yale Law School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven; US Environmental Protection Agency; Environmental Defense Fund and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) have widely demonstrated that shale gas and fracking have serious environmental consequences. Academic researches showed that natural gas generates, especially in its extraction, higher methane levels than coal.
“Coal is not the enemy to fight and electricity production from coal has an environmental impact in its lifecycle similar to natural gas, taking into account the efficient curb-emissions systems developed in recent years” declared Andrea Clavarino, President of the Italian coal industry association Assocarboni, at its annual congress.
“Assocarboni thus proposes to use more coal – through the implementation of the best combustion technologies – and renewables, and less gas, which is expensive and has serious supply security issues, following what developed and emerging countries like South Korea, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, USA and Vietnam are already doing. Nowadays, coal guarantees low costs and energy security, as reserves are equally distributed across the world, and therefore is, together with renewables, the best combustible to support economic and industrial development across the world, including Italy” concluded Andrea Clavarino.
About Italian Coal Association ASSOCARBONI
ASSOCARBONI is a non-profitorganisation founded in 1897, which represents national and international companies engaged in solid fuels. Its head office is in Rome and it has representative offices in London and Brussels. On a national level, Assocarboni is member of Confindustria Energia and sits in the Board of Directors of the Fuel Experimental Station, a fuel research institute within the Ministry of Economic Development.
On an international level, Assocarboni is member of CIAB (Coal Industry Advisory Board) – a section of the International Energy Agency (IEA) which brings together more than 40 companies (both energy producing and electric generation companies) from 14 different countries - of WCA (World Coal Association) in London and of the “Working Party on Coal” of the ECEUN Energy Committee in Geneva.
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Thursday, 30 March 17
PANAMAX : ACTIVITY IN THE PANAMAX MARKET HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH HEMISPHERES - FEARNLEYS
Supramax
This week we were looking at prolonged activity from ECSA, mostly with grain cargoes to Far East and SE Asia, where Ultras to SE Asia fi ...
Thursday, 30 March 17
THE ROLE OF COAL IN THE ENERGY SUPPLY OF THE EU-28: HANS-WILHELM SCHIFFER
The European Union (EU-28) is one of the largest economies in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of €14,635 billion in 2015. It ha ...
Wednesday, 29 March 17
MARKET INSIGHT - NASOS SOULAKIS
Shipowners will always look for market signals in order to gauge market perception and decide upon which strategy to follow next. And while owners ...
Monday, 27 March 17
THE FREIGHT MARKET CONTINUED TO FIRM WEEK OVER WEEK
COALspot.com: The Freight market was continuing to firming up.
The Baltic Exchange, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities ros ...
Friday, 24 March 17
ADARO INDONESIA'S COAL SALES VOLUME INCREASED SLIGHTLY TO 54.1 MILLION TONES IN 2016
COALspot.com: PT. Adaro Indonesia, Indonesia’s second largest coal miner’s sales volume increased slightly to 54.1 million tones (Mt) i ...
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- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Planning Commission, India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
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- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
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- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
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- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
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- White Energy Company Limited
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
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- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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- The University of Queensland
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- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
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- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
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- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
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- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
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- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- PTC India Limited - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
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