China/India coal importsto grow long-term: WoodMac

摘要

Chinese and Indian coking coaldemand growth is still assured, as a recentpullback in the seaborne market from Chinamay be temporary and Indian dependencygrows in line with its steel industry, WoodMackenzie said Tuesday.China's domestic met coal output, whichhas climbed as steel output slowed, may notbe able to grow further over the next decade,pushing it to move back into seaborne importsin a bigger way and buy more from Mongolia inthe future, said Wood Mackenzie's director ofmet coal research, Jim Truman.