During the first three months this year, Vietnam’s coal export saw a strong fall in both quantity and value against the same period last year. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the country exported one million tones of coal in March, earning $91 million, increasing nearly 120% in volume and 59.6% in value compared [...]
Vietnam will maintain coal shipments to Japan at current levels even as demand has risen following the March 11 earthquake, said the country’s dominant exporter of the commodity. “Japan is raising its demand for coal after the earthquake, but we can’t meet their demand because we have to ensure national energy security,” Nguyen Van Hai, [...]
The export prices for coal dust products shipped to Asian countries, excluding South Korea and Japan, have been adjusted by up to 22 per cent, according to the Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Corporation. Hon Gai/Cam Pha coal dust prices increased by 8.6 to 20.5 per cent. Vang Danh/Uong Bi coal, which contains [...]
The state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has recently proposed the government to reduce coal exports to ensure sufficient supply for domestic coal-fired power projects. PetroVietnam said the country is exporting almost all high-quality coal and using low-quality coal to feed power plants; however, lower coal quality is resulting in higher operational costs for [...]
Vietnam is estimated to have exported 12.05 million tons of coal worth $917 million in the first seven months of this year, down 14.3% from a year earlier in volume but up 29.2% on value, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said. The Southeast Asian country raked in $125 million from shipping abroad 1.4 million [...]
Three powerful conglomerates, the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), PetroVietnam and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) are to submit to the Government plans to set up a steering committee in charge of coal import management. Vietnam will both import and export coal The three groups said that the coal consumption volume has been increasing [...]
Vietnam earned US$935.84 million from exporting 20.453 million tons of coal to China in 2009, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. The figures account for 81.84% and 71.08% of the country’s total coal export volume and revenue respectively, making China the top coal importer of Vietnam last year, the ministry said. The Southeast Asian [...]
Vietnam is estimated to have exported 22.281 million tons of coal valued at US$1.174 billion in the first eleven months of this year, up 19.8% and down 11.3% from a year earlier, respectively, the state-run General Statistics Office (GSO) said on November 27. The Southeast Asian country shipped abroad 2.3 million tons of the fossil [...]
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