India’s Coal Imports From South Africa Fall; China Buys More

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India’s imports of coal from South Africa fell 29 percent in April from a year earlier while Chinese purchases rose, according to mjunction Services Ltd.

South Africa supplied 1.21 million metric tons of the fuel last month to India from a year earlier, the Kolkata-based trader said in an e-mail. That was 18 percent lower than the 1.48 million in March. China’s purchases rose 12 percent to 504,000 tons in April from March, and none in a year earlier period, it said.