Weekly Alert | N. China thermal coal ports lift restrictions, fueling demand hopes

Northern China ports have lifted voyage constraints caused by recent gales and snowstorms, raising expectations of growing demand and eventually an uptrend in prices...

Dec 19, 2023

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