CONSOL Energy, a producer of metallurgical and coking coal based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US, has concluded its second large-volume sale of high-volatile coking coal from its Bailey and Blacksville mines in Northern Appalachia destined for China. The sale is made through Xcoal which represents the company in Asia.
The sales for the five cargo vessels in question total approximately 372,000 mt. The cargoes are destined for integrated steel mills located in the Hebei and Shangdong provinces of China.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, in mid-Janaury the company concluded another sale, of approximately 74,400 mt of coking coal, for merchant coke plants in the Tianjin/Guafeng area of China.
CONSOL Energy is represented in Asia by Xcoal, a marketing and production company for metallurgical and thermal coal, at offices in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo and Singapore.