China to Allow Australian Thermal Coal Cargo Ashore Amid Ban

  • Date: 03-Dec-2020
  • Source: Bloomberg
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Gulf
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China to Allow Australian Thermal Coal Cargo Ashore Amid Ban

Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg









Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg





China is set to allow a shipment of Australian coal into the country, according to a person familiar with the matter, despite a ban on such imports remaining in place as tensions between Beijing and Canberra escalate.A cargo of 135,000 tons of Australian thermal coal on the vessel Alpha Era, which has been waiting almost six months to unload at the southern Chinese port of Fangchenggang, is expected to clear customs and is bound for a local user, said the person, who asked not to be identified because