In the week ended October 29, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.77 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 3.8 percent compared to the previous week.
In the October 1-29 period, Newcastle port exported 11.08 million mt of thermal and coking coal, while the port authority has forecast that Newcastle port will ship a total of 12 million mt for the whole of October.
Anglo American, Peabody Energy, Rio Tinto and Xstrata are some of the larger exporters to ship coal from Newcastle port.