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China formalises cut to Australian coal imports, state media reports

The Chinese state reported that China has formalised import restrictions targeting Australia’s $14bn coal exports and China would prioritise imports from Mongolia, Indonesia and Russia. Also, power companies will share inventory to ensure prices do not exceed 640 yuan ($97.8) per ton.
The National Development and Reform Commission met 10 major power companies on the weekend and granted approval for them to import coal without clearance restrictions, except for Australia.

Due to China’s import restrictions, at least 60 bulk carriers holding hundreds of millions tonnes of Australian coal stranded off the Chinese coast.

Source: The Guardian #Dec14

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/14/china-formalises-cut-to-australias-coal-imports-state-media-reports?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#AustraliaChina #Coal #TradeRestriction #AustralianCoal
‘Politics come first’ as ban on Australian coal worsens China’s power cuts

Mid of December,, more than a dozen Chinese cities have imposed restrictions on electricity use as growing demand for energy owing to the country’s post-coronavirus economic recovery collides head on with a shortage of thermal coal. The shortage underscores the dilemma Chinese authorities face in balancing their muscular approach to international diplomacy with the needs of the economy.

Authorities in at least four Chinese provinces have recently asked residents and businesses to cut electricity consumption, according to public announcements.

“The import curb is enough to change the industry landscape,” said a director at China Huadian Corporation, one of the nation’s largest energy groups. “Many local power plants depend on Australian coal due to its higher efficiency and now they are having trouble finding an alternative.”

Source: Financial Times #Dec23

https://www.ft.com/content/e83fffeb-3ef2-4b67-8989-6d17f153d8d4

#AustraliaChina #Coal #ElecricityChina
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Though I hate the CCP, let’s see if #China can really meet the carbon neutrality goal, and only time will tell. Really hope all the electric cars etc will help stop/slow down #globalwarming for the sake of the environment.


#CCP #china #diyms #english #greenhousegas #coal #environment #carbonneutral
#CO2 #ClimateChange #Coal
China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World

Source: Reuters #Feb3

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China Has Coal-fired power Capacity Three Times Higher than the Rest of the World

//China put 38.4 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity into operation in 2020, according to new international research, more than three times the amount built elsewhere around the world and potentially undermining its short-term climate goals.

The country won praise last year after Xi Jinping pledged to make the country “carbon neutral” by 2060. But regulators have since come under fire for failing to properly control the coal power sector, a major source of climate-warming greenhouse gas.

Including decommissions, China’s coal-fired fleet capacity rose by a net 29.8 GW in 2020, even as the rest of the world made cuts of 17.2 GW, according to research released by Global Energy Monitor (#GEM), a U.S. think tank, and the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (#CREA). //

Source: Reuters #Feb3

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https://www.reuters.com/article/china-coal/chinas-new-coal-power-plant-capacity-in-2020-more-than-3-times-rest-of-worlds-study-idUKL4N2K81R0?edition-redirect=uk

https://twitter.com/business/status/1356983319892791297

#Environment
Refusing coal from Australia, China eventually buy Australian coal indirectly from other countries at high price

As China-Australia relation getting strained, China imposed trade restriction towards Australia, preventing Australian coal vessels with coal from unloading in China. Local news outlet News.com.au quoted coal mining company Whitehaven Coal's quarterly report, which said that while China purchase coal from other countries, what it gets is still Australian coal.

The company noted in its quarterly report that China has banned Australia coal but “has supplemented its domestic production with higher cost coal from alternative countries such as Russia, Indonesia and South Africa,” which in effect subsidizes China's domestic coal production. The report also said as China experienced a cold winter this year, domestic coal demand is rising, and China had to raise total coal import quota late in 2020.

The report further to point out that, Australian coal has found new markets. “Instead of being delivered to China, Australian coal is now finding customers in alternative destinations, including India, Pakistan and the Middle East, and traded coal historically delivered into these markets is finding its way into China.”

#Australia #China #Coal #TradeDisputes

Source: Stand News #Jan15

https://bit.ly/3bkzltx
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Swipe to read what’s going on between cry baby CCP and Australia over trade issues.

#Australia #China #WTO #fairtrade #coal #wine #meme #english #diyms
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tldr: #CCP's behaving like a 5-year-old on a playground, and it didn't quite work.
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"We will not allow any country to reap benefits from doing business with China while groundlessly accusing and smearing China and undermining China's core interests based on ideology," said #ZhaoLijian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry. #Canberra's reply is that #Australia will put its broader national interest above economic interests. What's more, Australian coal and wine have found their way to other markets, and their #ironore just kept being bought by #China simply because China needs them.
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#coal #wine #beef #diplomacy #economy #english #diyms
Chinese-Owned Businesses in Australia Squeezed on Both Sides as Tensions Take Toll

Three years ago, the Kilikanoon winery in Australia’s picturesque Clare Valley appeared to gain an export advantage when it was bought by Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co., China’s largest wine producer.

This year, it hasn’t sold a single bottle to China.

A worsening diplomatic and trade dispute has choked off exports of Australian wine to China, including the 350,000 liters of premium Shiraz and other varietals that Kilikanoon Wines Pty. Ltd. had been shipping to the country each year. China, angered by Australia’s call last year for an international investigation into the origins of the pandemic, has imposed tariffs and restrictions on wine and other commodities such as barley, coal and even lobster.

Source: WSJ #Jun22

https://t.co/TZ8zcPLhpL

#Australia #Business #China #Wine #Barley #Coal #Lobster
Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal

Solar panel installations are surging in the U.S. and Europe as Western countries seek to cut their reliance on fossil fuels.

But the West faces a conundrum as it installs panels on small rooftops and in sprawling desert arrays: Most of them are produced with energy from carbon-dioxide-belching, coal-burning plants in China.

Concerns are mounting in the U.S. and Europe that the solar industry’s reliance on Chinese coal will create a big increase in emissions in the coming years as manufacturers rapidly scale up production of solar panels to meet demand. That would make the solar industry one of the world’s most prolific polluters, analysts say, undermining some of the emissions reductions achieved from widespread adoption.

Source: WSJ #Aug02

https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-rise-of-u-s-solar-power-a-mountain-of-chinese-coal-11627734770

#US #Solar #Coal #China
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A big #Explosion in a northern Chinese city left buildings destroyed. People covered in blood were seen carried away in ambulances. ​​

China's #Coal price tripled at its highest point. Authorities intervened, solving the problem for now. But they might have made another problem worse.

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