Colombia’s exports heading for new record

摘要

Colombia’s thermal coal exports are expected to reach a newhigh in 2016 as the three largest coal producers avoided supplydisruptions and seized an opportunity to ship to Asia-Pacificmarkets, which helped to balance supply and demand in theAtlantic basin.Thermal coal exports are expected to increase to as muchas 89.5mn metric tonnes in 2016, up from 82.06mn t last year,according to analysts polled by Argus.