1 month ago - China agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of coal from the US next year and again in 2028, according to the White House, in a sign of progress in easing trade frictions.

August 9, 2026 - As a result, the role of coal has been evolving in China; new coal capacity is being continued to be built primarily to ensure energy security and provide grid reliability to manage peak demand and variability in renewable generation. This has led to coal plants being increasingly used at lower utilization rates, shifting from ...

1 month ago - Investing.com -- China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in both 2027 and 2028 as Washington and Beijing expand trade cooperation following their latest high-level talks, Bloomberg reported.

4 weeks ago - WASHINGTON: China has agreed to import at least 10 million tonnes of coal from the United States next year and again in 2028, according to the White House, in a sign of further progress in easing trade frictions between the world's two largest ...

1 week ago - China has agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in both 2027 and 2028, about 2% of its coal imports, as the U.S. has the largest proven coal reserves. China is the world’s largest coal producer and importer and became ...

3 weeks ago - For China, coal offers a way to increase US purchases without making concessions in more sensitive areas. The proposed purchases give China a simple way to show that it is buying more from the US.

1 month ago - CHINA agreed to import at least 10 million tonnes of coal from the US in 2027 and again in 2028, according to the White House, in a sign of further progress in easing trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies.

1 month ago - China agreed to import at least 10 million tons of coal from the US next year and again in 2028, said the White House 🇨🇳 🤝 🇺🇸 (That’s certainly an improvement in trade relations, but tiny i…

June 24, 2025 - Exports in the first five months of 2025 are up 13 percent over the same period last year, Bloomberg reports, with Japan, Indonesia, and South Korea the top buyers of Chinese coal.

4 weeks ago - BEIJING (Reuters) – China has agreed to import 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal annually in 2027 and 2028 under a broader trade agreement with Washington, while oil and liquefied natural gas were left out of the deal.

February 13, 2024 - Indonesia is still by far the top supplier of coal to China accounting for 55.8% of China’s imports in the full 12 months of 2023. Arrivals from Indonesia increased by +24.7% y-o-y to 205.7 mln tonnes in the full 12 months of 2023 compared to 164.9 mln t 2022.

October 7, 2021 - Chinese provincial governments are encouraging more coal imports from Russia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan to resolve domestic market shortages.

January 6, 2023 - China Energy Investment Corp. had placed an order to acquire Australian coal, marking one of the first transactions after Beijing relaxed an unofficial ban put on coal imports from Australia in 2020.

January 20, 2025 - BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China, the world's top coal importer, bought less Russian coal in 2024 while increasing purchases from other key suppliers, led by Australia, during a record year for coal imports, customs data showed on Monday.

1 week ago - In September 2010, China's fourth-largest coal miner Yanzhou Coal said it will pay $682 million in an effort to acquire 51% of Inner Mongolia Haosheng Coal Mining. Yanzhou said it is looking to bolster reserves as Chinese coal consumption continues to surge. Yanzhou will pay $682.1 million to two sellers for a 35.5 percent stake in the developer of the Shilawusu coal field, and seek to buy a further 15.5 percent through an open bidding process, according to Bloomberg News.

1 month ago - China agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of coal from the US next year and again in 2028, according to the White House, in a sign of further progress in easing trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies.

In January to September, total US exports increased by 10pc from the same period in 2022 to reach 35mn t. US coking coal exports to India reached nearly 6mn […] ... US petroleum coke exports to China surged in September compared with the month prior, even as shipments to other top coke-buying countries fell.

July 10, 2026 - Overall, the value of India’s imported coal retreated by an average -16.3% from all supplying countries since 2024 when coal purchased cost $32 billion. Mainland China’s global purchases of imported coal totaled US$26.76 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2025.

January 21, 2025 - China’s record coal purchases last year were driven by big increases in supplies from Australia and Mongolia, while Russian cargoes actually fell.