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Power plants increased daily coal consumption, but procurement slowed down

Coal supply and demand stabilized in producing regions. Coal mines’ sales in Erdos kept at above 1.2 million mt; coal supply in Shaanxi continued growing. As of July 6th, Shaanxi 199 mines were in production with output averaging 1.3444 million mt/d, gaining 4,500 mt/d on the week.

07-14-2017 17:56:07

Why did daily coal consumption of power plants grow in slack season?

In the slack season of coal consumption in April and May, 2016, affected by the dropping civil electricity load and the flagging industrial power, daily coal consumption of power plants fell sharply, while it did not see a sharp decline in April, 2017 from that in February and March.

04-26-2017 10:13:09

Six power plants’ steam coal inventory rallies to 10.40 million mt

On April 19th, steal coal inventory of six major power plants reached 10.40 million mt, gaining 1.189 million mt or 12.9% from 9.211 million mt on April 11th. As for April 19th, daily coal consumption of six major power plants kept at 656,000 mt and coal inventory can run 16 days.

04-20-2017 10:51:35

Coal transactions decline amid the weak transport of power plants

Coal output in producing areas recovered gradually and coal mines’ sales kept considerable with low inventory; pithead coal prices remained stable and those for coal mines with tight supply rose by CNY5-10/mt;

04-18-2017 17:02:14

Port coal inventory around Bohai increases with power plants’ steady procurement

Last week (April 10th-14th), Daqin railway maintenance were still in progress and inbound resources at ports edged up under the guarantee of thermal coal. Affected by the falling demand, rebound volume at ports moved downward in some degree and coal inventory was with mixed trend.

04-18-2017 13:47:33

Daily coal consumption in coastal power plants sees a marked decline

Up to April 6th, coal inventory in the six major coastal power plants amounted to 9.6393 million mt, which was able to 18 days of usage, and daily consumption totaled 522,000 mt.

04-11-2017 10:31:04

Coking coal market may start with dropping steam coal consumption in power plants

In April, with the end of heating period, downstream power plants stepped into overhaul stage and the falling run rate of unit decreased coal consumption. Up to April 6th, the daily steam coal consumption in six major coastal power groups declined to 522,000 mt.

04-07-2017 18:20:15

Power plants’ coal inventory keeps dropping with steady daily consumption

The daily coal consumption at coastal power plants operated steadily at around 650,000 mt with coal inventory keeping falling over March 3rd-9th, 2017. The average coal consumption at six large coastal power plants read 652,000 mt/d, down by 1.2% MoM

03-13-2017 16:09:12

Power plants turn on coal inventory-restocking mode

With the upcoming Spring Festival, coal supply and sales of Qinhuangdao Port are in prosperous situation, where huge coal carriers are sailing to all power plants.

01-22-2017 17:41:53

Railway bureaus to sign transport contracts with coal producers and power plants

China Railway Corporation will push railway bureaus to sign production, transportation and demand contracts with coal suppliers and buyers.

12-07-2016 16:30:56

Kailuan and Jizhong Energy ink 5.72 mln mt coal supply term contract with power plants

Kailuan Group and Jizhong Energy Group inked 5.72 million mt coal supply medium and long term contract with five major power groups’ branches in Hebei province and Hebei Construction & Investment Group Co., Ltd alike.

12-07-2016 14:57:02

Shenhua Group and China Coal ink 2017 steam coal contract with three more big power plants

On the morning of November 11th, Shenhua Group and China National Coal Group Corp. signed 2017 medium and long term steam coal supply contract with China Huaneng Group, China Datang Corporation and China Guodian Corporation in Beijing。

11-15-2016 09:50:23

55 thermal power plants in Shanxi see H1 profits drop by CNY2.21 bln YoY

Declining facility utilization time translated into a direct decrease in power plants’ operation revenue and profits. In H1, 2016, 55 thermal power plants under the Shanxi Power Dispatching Center saw profits drop by CNY2.211 billion from a year ago to CNY330 million.

08-24-2016 11:44:05

Vietnam Vinacomin's Q1 coal sales rise 6% on higher demand from power plants

But the country's major coal producer also faced stiff competition from other local supply sources and imported coal from Russia, Australia, Indonesia and China in the first three months of this year, according to the statement.

04-12-2016 16:00:40

Jiangsu to realize ultra-low emission on 1 mln KW plus thermal power plants in 2016

Jiangsu is speeding up energy saving and emission reduction upgrading on coal-fired power facilities。

03-24-2016 10:03:13

Beijing's four major coal-fired power plants to shut down

Under the 2013-2017 Clean Air Action Plan, Beijing will cut coal consumption by 13 million mt.

02-25-2016 09:58:28

Shenhua wins the bid to develop Java 7# two power plants in Indonesia

China Shenhua Group picked the bid to build 7# two independent power plants of 1 million kw in Java, Indonesia, PT PLN, the country’s national electricity company announced the other day.

12-25-2015 15:46:43

Shenhua's fixed annual coal contact price hard to be accepted by power plants

Reportedly, Shenhua Group proposed two 2016 annual steam coal pricing mechanisms on December 22nd.

12-25-2015 10:42:17

Shanxi encourages coal producers and power plants to ink 3-5 year long term contract

The Shanxi Provincial Commission of Economy and Information Technology releases the Notice on Accomplishing 2016 Provincial Power-Coal Cohesion Work, incenting power plants and legal coal producers to sign 3-5 year long term coal supply contract with volume and price fixed.

12-22-2015 18:02:39

Hubei power plants to increase coal contract orders from Pingmei Shenma

Power plants in Hubei including Guodian Changyuan Power, Huadian Hubei Branch, Huaneng Hubei Branch, China Power International, China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd Hubei Branch and Hubei Energy expressed intention to increase coal contract purchase volume from the coal producer in 2016.

11-19-2015 17:07:31

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