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Monday, 19 June 23
DROUGHT-DEPLETED HYDROPOWER DRIVES CHINA TO TURN TO COAL - REUTERS
China has leant hard on coal-fired power plants as well as wind and solar generators to make up for a shortfall in hydroelectric generation as a result of low rainfall across the south since the middle of 2022.
China’s generation increased by +173 billion kilowatt-hours (+5.3%) in the first five months of the year compared with the same period in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.
Big increases from mostly coal-fired thermal generators (+149 billion kWh), wind farms (+79 billion kWh) and solar generators (+19 billion kWh) offset a fall in hydro production (-82 billion kWh).
The two provinces of Sichuan (354 billion kWh) and Yunnan (296 billion kWh) in southern China produced almost half of the country’s total hydro-electric power (1,352 billion kWh) in 2020.
But total precipitation at Yibin on the Sichuan-Yunnan border was just 336 millimetres in the second half of 2022 compared with a seasonal average of 765 millimetres in 2014-2021.
Precipitation in the first five months of 2023 was 244 millimetres compared with the prior nine-year average of 291 millimetres, which has depleted reservoir and river levels.
As a result, nationwide hydro generation in the first five months of 2023 was the lowest for the time of year since 2015, despite the commissioning of massive new dams and generating stations.
ENERGY SECURITY
South China’s drought and reduced hydro generation explains why the central government has encouraged coal miners to maximise production and coal-fired generators to stockpile fuel.
Coal mine production increased by +98 million tonnes (+5.4%) to a record 1,912 million tonnes in the first five months of 2023, roughly in line with the rise in thermal generation (+6.6%).
Coal imports increased by +86 million tonnes (+90%) in the first five months as generators and steelmakers took advantage of lower international prices to rebuild inventories.
Renewable generation from wind and solar is increasing rapidly as the government attempts to cut emissions and reduce dependence on expensive and potentially unreliable energy imports.
In the short term, however, coal remains essential to meeting fast-growing growing electrical demand and maintaining transmission.
Large numbers of new coal-fired plants are being authorised and built to meet short-term load growth and reliability requirements even as government plans to reduce the share of coal-fired generation in the medium and long-term.
INDUSTRY FOCUS
On the consumption side, demand growth in the first five months continued to show a clear bias towards industry rather than households.
Consumption by primary industries rose +11% while the service sector grew by +10% but manufacturing was up by just +5% and households by +1%.
Consumption rose +8% in high-technology and equipment manufacturing but only +3% in consumer goods, according to data from the China Electricity Council.
The pattern is consistent with a sluggish rebound in consumer goods spending after the pandemic as households stay cautious about their finances and prioritise travel and in-person services after repeated lockdowns in 2022.
Source: Reuters
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Wednesday, 12 June 24
CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR 16.3% OF AUSTRALIA'S COAL EXPORTS, FOLLOWED BY INDIA 14.4% - BANCHERO COSTA
Global coal trade has really picked up pace in recent months, and is now fully back to pre-Covid levels says Banchero Costa in its latest report.
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Wednesday, 12 June 24
LNG NEWBUILDING VALUES AT RECORD HIGH: 78 NEWBUILD ORDERS PLACED IN 2024, DOUBLING 2023 - VESON NAUTICAL
The number of LNG newbuilding orders have more than doubled from the same period last year where 34 orders were placed, compared to 78 in the first ...
Monday, 10 June 24
CHINA'S MAY COAL IMPORTS RISE 11% ON LOWER DOMESTIC OUTPUT - REUTERS
China’s imports of coal rose 11% in May from a year earlier, customs data and Reuters records showed on Friday, as lower domestic output this ...
Tuesday, 04 June 24
HOW DO WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA IMPACT THE GLOBAL METALS, MINING AND COAL MARKETS - WOOD MACKENZIE
The geopolitical landscape for Russia, as a major supplier of various commodities, has undergone a dramatic transformation since the invasion of Uk ...
Friday, 22 March 24
CASE STUDY: DANGERS OF COAL CARGO - SKULD
Recently, a bulk cargo vessel carrying coal from South Africa to Singapore suffered a fatal accident, resulting in the deaths of three crew members ...
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- Australian Coal Association
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- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
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- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
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- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
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- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
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- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- ASAPP Information Group - India
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- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
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- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
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- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
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- MS Steel International - UAE
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
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- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
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- Videocon Industries ltd - India
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
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- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
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- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
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