DAILY: Thermal coal trades remain slow at North China ports

As of Tuesday, trading activity for spot thermal coal remained slow at several main transfer ports in North China's Bohai Bay, despite less pessimistic market sentiment, Mysteel Global notes.

These northern transfer ports function as a large trading hub for coal delivered from three coal producing provinces or regions - Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia that account for over 70% of China's total coal output - and bound for areas along the Yangtze River or southeastern coast. The