Australia's Gladstone port May coal exports record 3-mth high

In May, a total of 4.97 million tonnes of coal were exported from the Gladstone port in Australia's Queensland to other countries, up by 1% on month but down by 5.6% on year, according to the new data released by the Gladstone Port Corporation.

Among the total, coal volume shipped from Gladstone port to China in May continued its downward trend, though down by a smaller 4.8% on month to 723,419 tonnes. This compared with zero shipment in the same period last year due to China's ban on Australian coal that started in