Sentences with phrase «coal importer»
A "coal importer" is a person or company that buys coal from other countries and brings it into their own country. Full definition
«India becomes the second - largest coal consumer and the largest coal importer in the world,» van der Hoeven said.
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China, the second biggest coal importer in the world after the EU, would become a net exporter, tipping the balance in the global coal market.
India cedes top coal importer role back to China as growth trend stalls: Russell Reuters January 30, 2017
Moreover, with China's economic profile weakening and likely to keep waning due to demographic issues, it is not likely that the country is going to become a big coal importer from the U.S. in the future.
The report says China will surpass the rest of the world in coal demand during the outlook period, while India will become the largest seaborne coal importer and second - largest consumer, surpassing the United States....
Besides China and India, Asia has a number of other countries that rank high in global coal markets, including five of the top coal importers (Japan, China, South Korea, India, and Taiwan).
(The report profiles electricity production and opportunities for saving power in 24 of those states — all except Virginia, which, though it imports a lot of foreign coal, is not a net coal importer).
Indeed, preliminary data show India overtaking China as the world's largest coal importer this year.
However, increasing demand for electricity and direct coal consumption, and gradual depletion of its own supply, have led to it becoming the world's largest coal importer.