Marked increase in Mongolian coal deliveries to China

Mongolia’s coal exports to China have been accelerating recently, as evidenced by the fact that coal transportation via truck has reached 1,000 units/day at the Ganqimaodu checkpoint in North China’s Inner Mongolia, the country’s largest import conduit for Mongolian coal, according to Chinese sources. A month ago the volume was only at about 600 trucks/day, Mysteel Global notes.

“The implementation of ‘fast track’ processing from August has notably lifted coal imports from Mongolia,” said a Shanghai-based market watcher, adding that Mongolian coal deliveries via the Ceke checkpoint, another major conduit also in Inner Mongolia, had increased as well to 700 units/day from 500 units/day in late July. The