Coal splits into two main markets: thermal coal burned in power plants and coking coal turned into coke for iron making. Thermal coal is usually priced by calorific value (for example 5,500 kcal/kg).
China accounts for about half of the world's coal production and consumption. Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi are the three main producing regions, and China also imports from Indonesia, Australia, Mongolia and Russia. Inventories and prices at northern ports such as Qinhuangdao serve as the market benchmark.
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