Record U.S. Coal Shipment to China Highlights Australia’s Pain

  • Coronado says it sent biggest coking coal shipment to China
  • China has shunned Australian coal amid a diplomatic spat
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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China’s import ban on Australian coal is proving a boon to U.S. producers.

On June 28, the Frontier Unity bulk vessel left the port of Newport News, Virginia with a 136,400-ton cargo bound for steelmakers in China. It was the biggest shipment of its kind from a U.S. east coast port, according to miner Coronado Global Resources Inc.